Masters Tournament azaleas respond to abnormally warm winter – ‘We’re so far ahead of schedule, we might miss the bloom’

  By Michael Buteau 2 April 2012 Even truckloads of ice may not be enough to maintain one colorful tradition of the Masters Tournament by the time the golf season’s first major championship begins this week. Most of the thousands of azaleas that line the fairways of Augusta National Golf Club probably are already in […]

State-by-state look at how early spring has arrived

23 March 2012 (Climate Central) – For most of the country spring has sprung earlier this year, but is this anything more than a single warm year? It seems that it is. During the past several decades, with the exception of the Southeast, spring weather has, indeed, been arriving earlier. In the interactive map, you […]

‘Mind boggling’ U.S. warmth set or tied 7,577 record high temperatures in March

By Brian K. Sullivan1 April 2012 Chicago had its all-time warmest March, while New York’s Central Park had its second-hottest as thousands of new weather records were set or tied across the U.S., according to the National Weather Service. The average temperature for the month in Chicago was 53.5 degrees Fahrenheit (11.9 Celsius). That topped […]

Record pollen counts across the U.S. Southeast caused by unusually warm weather

21 March 2012 (CNN) – Whether you’re walking along city streets or in a park or the country anywhere across the southeast the past couple of weeks, pollen counts have been off the charts. Pollen count is measured in a cubic-meter of air, and those are the parts per that cubic-meter. In Atlanta, the pollen […]

Wheat and barley threatened by global warming – ‘Genetic resources of these critical wild cereals are undergoing rapid erosion’

Contact: Rachel Feldman, rfeldman@univ.haifa.ac.il, 972-482-88722, University of Haifa23 February 2012 A 28-year comparative study of wild emmer wheat and wild barley populations has revealed that these progenitors of cultivated wheat and barley, which are the best hope for crop improvement, have undergone changes over this period of global warming. The changes present a real concern […]

Southern plants find fertile ground farther north as climate changes in the U.S.

By Janice Lloyd, USA TODAY26 January 2012 Southern magnolias, lovers of sultry weather, braving the chillier Northeast? Camellias, a New Orleans trademark, staking out in North Carolina and higher latitudes? It’s true, gardening experts say, and expect similar oddities to represent the new norm. It is now safe to plant new species in many parts […]

Native forest birds in Hawaii in unprecedented trouble

Contact: University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaLeonard Freed, (808) 956-8655      Rebecca Cann, (808) 956-552119 January 2012 Native birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge are in unprecedented trouble, according to a paper recently published in the journal PLoS ONE. The paper, titled “Changes in timing, duration, and symmetry of molt of Hawaiian forest birds,” was authored […]

Snowless Scandinavians wonder ‘where's winter?’ This fall on track to become one of the warmest on record

STOCKHOLM, November 24 (AP) – For some reason, Scandinavia is not its frigid self, with unusually warm weather delaying the onset of winter in northern latitudes normally decked in white. The lack of snow has been bad news for winter sports — World Cup ski races have been dropped, or held on artificial snow, and […]

Video: State of the Oceans 2011

20 November 2011 (Desdemona Despair) – Here’s Desdemona giving a presentation on the accelerating destruction of the oceans by various human activities. It’s basically Graph of the Day with narration. Download the slide deck: http://www.leftopia.com/presentations/State_Of_The_Oceans_2011.pdf http://www.leftopia.com/presentations/State_Of_The_Oceans_2011.pptx State of the Oceans 2011 Technorati Tags: ocean acidification,global warming,climate change,phenology,overfishing,ocean overexploitation,fish decline,mass extinction,extinction,coral,habitat loss,ecosystem disruption,dead zone,ocean anoxia,phosphorus,nitrogen,carbon,carbon dioxide,overpopulation,doom

Caribbean fisheries highly vulnerable to climate change

November 23 (Science Daily) – An analysis in the SEI journal Climate and Development predicts severe negative impacts, including loss and alteration of habitats, smaller and less-diverse fish stocks, and coral bleaching, and urges prompt action to help the Caribbean fisheries prepare. The review, “The implications of global climate change for fisheries management in the […]

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