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Warming climate pushing plants up the mountain, scientists say
2013-08-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Increasingly warmer and drier climate is pushing plant species to higher elevations on a southern Arizona mountain, scientists say. Comparing plant communities today with a survey taken 50 years ago, University of Arizona-led research provides the first on-the-ground evidence for Southwestern plants being pushed to higher elevations by climate change. The findings confirm that previous hypotheses are correct in their prediction that mountain communities in the Southwest will be strongly impacted...
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