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"Every gardener is familiar with the multicolor U.S. map of climate zones on the back of seed packets. It's the Department of Agriculture's indicator of whether a flower, bush or tree will survive the winters in a given region."

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2008-04-23-gardening-map_N.htm?csp=34

Climate change is affecting the map used to predict plant survival in the US.


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Thanks,
What a neat map tool, dragger.

...and the input data ends in 2005!

They do use the cooler, 1970's as a baseline; but whatever the cause, it seems like a rapid change.
Forests can withstand cool fluctuations much better than warm excursions.


Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.

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