Climate Change - Plants

This page presents notes on scientific published articles related to Plants.

Article: "Rapid Changes in Flowering Time in British Plants." Average first flowering date of 385 British plant species advanced by 4.5 days during past decade (1991-2000) compared with 1954-1990. Evolutionary consequences may be developing, due to flowering synchronisity (hybridization), and reduced synchronisity. Source: Science, Volume 296, Number 5573. Date: 2002 May 31

Article: "Food for Thought: Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Stimulation with Rising Carbon Dioxide Concentrations." Large-scale open-air trials of CO2-enriched grain crops elevated yield by 50 percent less than previous enclosed trials 20 years ago. Source: Science, Volume 312, Number 5782. Date: 2006 June 30

Article: "Indirect radiative forcing of climate change through ozone effects on the land-carbon sink." Emissions due to fossil fuel and biomass burning about doubled global mean tropospheric ozone concentration. As increases in ozone concentrations negatively affect plant productivity, more CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere. Source: Nature, Volume 448, Number 7155. Date: 2007 August 16

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