RSS Feed
LA Times: Predictions that climate change will drive trees and plants uphill, potentially slashing their range to perilous levels, may be wrong, suggests a new study that found vegetation in California actually crept downhill during the 20th century.
The research, published in the Jan. 21 issue of the journal Science, challenges widely held assumptions about the effect of rising temperatures on shrubs and trees that play a critical role in mountain environments.
Various studies in recent years have predicted......
Read Complete Article at Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed
United States: Mountain plant communities moving down despite climate change, study finds
Posted by LA Times: Bettina Boxall on January 20th, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation