For Some Arctic Plants, Spring Arrives Almost a Month Earlier

In a new paper published in Biology Letters, researchers detail findings from a 12-year study of when plant species in the low Arctic region of Greenland first bud in the spring. Timing varied from plant to plant, but one speedy sedge species — a flowering, grasslike herb — stirred a full 26 days earlier than it did a decade ago.  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/science/arctic-plants-spring-global-warming.html?_r=0
Article courtesy of The New York Times by Steph Yin