The most sensitive biological indicator of climate change is phenology, the timing of events. As a results of a warming climate, plants and animals are now active earlier in the spring and are extending their activities later in the autumn. New England provides some of the most exciting and iconic examples of phenology, due its abundance of historical sources, extensive weather records, and rapidly changing climate. In this webinar, Richard Primack will describe the state of phenology research in Massachusetts and elsewhere and show how everyone can contribute to this exciting field.
Richard Primack is Professor of Plant Ecology at Boston University and a lifelong Newton resident. For 50 years, Primack and his students have carried out phenological observations in the Boston area, including at Concord, Massachusetts, and the Arnold Arboretum. Primack is also the author of widely used textbooks in Conservation Biology and the author of the popular book: Walden Warming, Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods.
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