Tag Archives: Rocky Mountains
Aspen sunflowers populations failing as climate shifts

Aspen sunflowers populations failing as climate shifts

by on 25. Jun, 2010 in Uncategorized

The changes in bloom times are glaring in Inouye’s Rocky Mountain plots. “Just 10 years ago, this project was perfectly timed with the academic calendar,” he explains. In mid-May, as soon as Inouye wound up his teaching duties at the University of Maryland, he would head out to his beloved mountains just in time to [...]

Elk migration dropping in Wyoming as climate warms

Elk migration dropping in Wyoming as climate warms

by on 23. Jun, 2010 in Uncategorized

Science News Warming temperatures could help explain why migration isn’t such a hot idea anymore for some elk living in and around Yellowstone National Park. Migration supposedly lets animals follow the best food of the season, Middleton said. But the migratory elk are dwindling in number, while the stay-behind part of the herd grows. Migration [...]