Climate Change Threatens Pollination Timing

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University of Marylandacutes Dr. David Inouye presents three decades of data much of it gathered with the patient help of Earthwatch volunteers suggesting climate change impacts on pollination ecology in mountain environments. Credit: Earthwatch Inst ...
University of Maryland's Dr. David Inouye presents three decades of data, much of it gathered with the patient help of Earthwatch volunteers, suggesting climate change impacts on pollination ecology in mountain environments. Credit: Earthwatch Institute

In addition to the more obvious effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and increasing storm activity, there is the potential to dramatically alter ecological communities. Dr. David Inouye, director of University of Maryland’s graduate program in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology, reports that global warming could disrupt the timing of pollination in alpine environments, with serious negative impacts to both plants and pollinators.


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