Thursday, March 15, 2012

NSF propaganda: In the Rocky Mountains, slight warmth is allegedly bad for flowers and butterflies

nsf.gov - National Science Foundation (NSF) News - Early Spring Drives Butterfly Population Declines - US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Early snowmelt caused by climate change in the Colorado Rocky Mountains snowballs into two chains of events: a decrease in the number of flowers, which, in turn, decreases available nectar. The result is decline in a population of the Mormon Fritillary butterfly, Speyeria mormonia.

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