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Flowering time and warming

Posted on July 16, 2012 by prairiebotanist

It is a prevailing view that species that flower late have  flowering dates that are less sensitive to warming that species that flower early (See Wolkovich et al. 2012, Nature). If I do a quick analysis of the earliest and latest … Continue reading →

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Warmest January-June on Record

Posted on July 14, 2012 by prairiebotanist

The January-June period was the warmest on record for Manhattan, Kansas. The mean temperature over this period was 13.53 degrees celsius. The second warmest January-June period was 2006 with a mean temperature of 13.15 degrees celsius. If we fit a … Continue reading →

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Sobering Historical Perspective on this Year

Posted on July 11, 2012 by prairiebotanist

Andrew Freedman at Climate Central writes a lot of superb posts summarizing extreme events. The situation for the lower 48 so far this year is sobering (see here). I plan to post a summary of weather for Manhattan, KS for … Continue reading →

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