Growing season springs forward by a week thanks to global warming.(News)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: February 25, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Spring will come early this year, scientists said yesterday - about aweek early in fact, thanks to global warming.

A study of trees in Europe has found that they are unfolding their leavesat the onset of spring some six days sooner than they did 30 years ago.The autumn shedding ...

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