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Rise of the shrubs: what happened when scientists heated a Rocky Mountain wildlife meadow by 2C?

By: Prof John
Date: March 25, 2026
ColoradoRocky MountainsWarming MeadowIcelandAustriaRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryGothicshrubs and treesHelianthella quinquenervisDelphinium barbeyiArtemisiaPinus

Summary

A long-running experiment in Colorado provides an ‘alarming’ view of how rapidly unchecked global