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WILDFLOWER SEASON LENGTHENS BY MORE THAN A MONTH
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The following information was released by the University of Maryland - College Park: A unique 39-year study of wildflower blooms in a Colorado Rocky Mountain meadow shows more than two-thirds of alpine flowers have changed their blooming pattern in response to climate change. Not only are half the f
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