Millennium Seed Bank Partnership scientists at the Lombardy Seed Bank (University of Pavia, Italy) and Wakehurst Place (RBG Kew) are engaged in studies to understand better the impact of climate warming on ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Trees in the continental U.S. could send out new spring leaves up to 17 days earlier in the coming century than they did before global temperatures started to rise, according to a new study by Princeton University ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 29, 2013 4 / 5 (5) 0 |

Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 25, 2012 not rated yet 1 |

How strange has this spring been?

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 20, 2012 not rated yet 0

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 ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 20, 2010 4.5 / 5 (2) 0