We’re Not in Zone 6 Anymore
Climate change is bringing milder winters — plus other, less-welcome changes.
We’re Not in Zone 6 Anymore :: Organic Gardening Magazine, August / September 2010
What will climate change mean for our gardens? This is the question Cristina seeks to answer in Organic Gardening’s August / September 2010 issue.
Most gardeners would find it difficult to complain about early springs or tomatoes before July. And, for many of us, this is how our climate-change revelations will come—in the form of earlier flowers and harvests. As the planet warms, our plants awaken a little earlier…. “Two years ago, we had snowdrops blooming in January,” says Kayri Havens, Ph.D., director of plant science and conservation at the Chicago Botanic Garden. “That’s unheard-of.” ….
But, the impacts of climate change extend far beyond the weather report. Take allergies, for example…
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Cristina Santiestevan is an environmental writer and communications consultant. She writes about issues as varied as clouded leopards in Thailand, climate change in American forests and mushroom foraging in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Her work appears in magazines, museum exhibits and nonprofit publications.