I just now found out about this!!! A local effort is being started to monitor this, Project Budbreak!?
I'll put this on the calendar?in spite of the short?time. ? Jeanne Project Budbreak ? A slide show and talk ?by David Weinstein ? Climate change is bringing warmer temperatures to this region. These changes are undoubtedly already accelerating the timing of the spring opening of flower buds and leaves, the summer growth of fruits, and potentially delaying the autumn coloring and drop of leaves, events called "plant phenology". These shifts in timing could greatly affect the local survival of many native plant populations by disrupting their needed synchronicity with pollinating insects. The range of these plant populations may be rapidly advancing northward. Associated with a national effort, a network of citizen scientists is being established in central New York to observe the timing of flowering, leaf development, fruiting, and leaf drop in populations of common native trees and herbaceous species. By monitoring these events, we will be better able to detect the first signs of variations and/or problems caused by climate change. The local effort is called Project BudBreak. ? Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:00 to 8:30 PM Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca ALL ARE WELCOME! ? ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
