[NormsRevenge]

A herbarium sheet of the early spider orchid, Ophrys sphegodes, at Kew - a record from Kent from May 1900. REUTERS/K. Robbirt/University of East Anglia

[Sacajaweau]

Some years they will flower earlier, some later based on the weather...

and the conclusion would be??

Some will flower earlier and some will flower later depending on the weather

But I can't predict which years...and this is "weather"....not climate

[Sacajaweau]

There are all kinds of other variables, too.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[FatherofFive]

showed for the first time that botanical collections could be a reliable source to study climate, even if temperature records were lacking

Yeah, why rely on facts when you can just make things up.

[denydenydeny]

The U.N. panel of climate scientists said in a 2007 report that average world temperatures rose 0.7 degree Celsius (1.3 F) over the 19th century, mainly .. due to a build-up of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels.

*eyeroll*

[denydenydeny]

The U.N. panel of climate scientists said in a 2007 report that average world temperatures rose 0.7 degree Celsius (1.3 F) over the 19th century, mainly .. due to a build-up of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels.

*eyeroll*

[tubebender]

Norm, would you stick to areas of your expertise like Nascar and 49s Foose Ball and not trying to predict what the weather will be yesterday...

[SunkenCiv]

I think there's a joke about pansies on the brink of happening. Thanks NormsRevenge.

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[hedgetrimmer]

Let’s see, in the 19th century, the Tamboro volcano east of Java erupted in April 1815, one of the most explosive eruptions of the last 10,000 years, created the year without summer in New England in 1816.

Krakatoa’s eruption blew volcanic dust into the upper atmosphere which affected incoming solar radiation and the earth’s weather for several years.

We’ve had Pinatubo, Mt St Helen’s and that volcano in Iceland as recent significant events, with no data indicating the climate is warming, but it’s cooling instead.