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Potential Effect of Climate Change on Pollination

Potential Effect of Climate Change on Pollination. On average, the onset of spring snowmelt in the Rockies now occurs approximately two weeks earlier than in the late 1970s. What may have caused this to occur ?. Spring snowmelt is occurring earlier in the Rocky Mountains.

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Potential Effect of Climate Change on Pollination

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  1. Potential Effect of Climate Change on Pollination

  2. On average, the onset of spring snowmelt in the Rockies now occurs approximately two weeks earlierthan in the late 1970s. What may have caused this to occur?

  3. Spring snowmelt is occurring earlier in the Rocky Mountains. Why would this confuse bees??

  4. Model projections of average temperature and precipitation changes in Illinois for mid-century (2040-2059) and end-of-century (2080-2099) indicate that summer in Illinois is expected to feel progressively more like summers currently experienced in states south and west.

  5. Which may help pollinators to survive climate change? Monoculture Vs. Polyculture

  6. Relevant News Reports • http://www.livescience.com/25232-early-snowmelt-rockies-hummingbirds.html • http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/09/climate-change-threatens-bees-flowers-food/1#.UfJ6veBDwVQ • http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-09/07/pollination-decline-proven • http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-05/22/urban-hive-could-save-the-honey-bee

  7. Image Credits • Slide #1 and Slide #4: images of bees http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/agphome/documents/Biodiversity-pollination/Climate_Pollination_17_web__2_.pdf • Slide #2: image of the Rocky Mountains http://www.nps.gov/romo/parkmgmt/upload/climate_change_rocky_mountain2.pdf • Slide #3: diagram of the greenhouse effect http://www.nps.gov/goga/naturescience/images/Greenhouse-effect.jpg • Slide #5: image of the predicted climate change in the Midwest http://globalchange.gov/HighResImages/12-Midwest-pg-117.jpg • Slide #6: images of monoculture and polyculture http://farm1.staticflickr.com/45/140859675_bb908eedd4_o.jpg http://barbolian.com/bfblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/IMG_2976.jpg

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