The Primack Lab's work on climate change and spring phenology in Concord, MA was recently featured on the website Popular Science!
In this feature, five figures show how plants, insects, and birds respond to warming spring temperatures. See some of the figures below, and then check out the rest at Popular Science:
"The New Spring, Brought To You By Climate Change, In Five Charts"
Libby Ellwood and others show that flowering times are more sensitive to spring temperatures than songbird arrival times.
From
Caroline Polgar and others, insects, plants, and birds in Concord shift
earlier in response to a single degree Fahrenheit, but their temporal shifts
differ in magnitude.
From
Libby Ellwood and others, the Primack Lab shows how flowering dates
have changed in Concord, MA since 1850, and present three possible
scenarios for flowering under future climate change.
Check out the full feature HERE!
