Anecdotal Evidence of Climate Change

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has been operating a phenology project in some form for one hundred and fifty years. Trends from the study suggest that plants are flowering earlier than average in recent years.

If the early-flowering trend is related to a trend of warming, how would a continuing trend of warming affect Scotland's plants, birds, rivers and weather systems? This article from The Scotman discusses the answer to that question: “Doom, Gloom and Grapes”.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 12:49 AM on March 5, 2004

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