New Scientist: If your plan for escaping climate change is to hide in the shade of a tree, you might be out of luck. It turns out the leaves of some plants are shrinking in response to the warmer weather.
But bad news for shade-lovers may be good news for plant conservation. The changes could indicate that plants are evolving rapidly to changing conditions, suggesting they have a better chance at survival.
"Often we consider that climate change is something that is going to happen in the future," says Andrew......
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Climate change is shrinking Australian plant leaves
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 4th, 2012
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