"Ten Most Wanted" Plants Inspected for Clues to Climate Change
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 20:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Students, gardeners, retirees, and other volunteers who are taking part in a nationwide initiative, Project BudBurst, are finding hints that certain plants are blooming unusually early, perhaps as a result of climate change. These citizen scientists are recording the timing of flowers and foliage, amassing thousands of observations from across the nation to give researchers a detailed picture of our changing climate.