Natural History Wanderings

ScienceDaily reported on a study that documented the changing of wildflower season the Rocky Mountains:

A 39-year study of wildflower blooms in a Rocky Mountain meadow shows more than two-thirds of alpine flowers changed their blooming pattern in response to climate change. Half are beginning to bloom weeks earlier, more than a third are reaching peak bloom earlier, and others' last blooms are later. Records of more than two million blooms show flowering plants' response to climate change is more complex than previously believed. Species that depend on wildflowers are likely to be affected.

Read the full article at: Rocky mountain wildflower season lengthens by more than a month — ScienceDaily