Extreme weather postpones the flowering time of plants
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:21
in Earth & Climate
Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. A one-month drought postpones the time of flowering of grassland and heathland plants in Central Europe by an average of 4 days. With this a so-called 100-year drought event equates to approx. a decade of global warming.