Pine Hollow Arboretum is one of many botanical gardens rethinking their planting strategies as the climate warms. These strategies range from testing out new, warmth-loving plants to putting more resources toward pest and invasive species management.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture recognizes 13 plant hardiness zones based on a region’s coldest annual temperatures, averaged over…

The report finds a staggering 86 per cent chance that global average temperatures will exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five years, and a one per cent chance of one of those years exceeding 2°C of warming. The situation is even more catastrophic in the Arctic than in the…

Spring is the season of change. It serves as a transition period between winter’s frigid cold and the sweltering heat of summer. But spring itself is also going through a transformation of sorts. Like everything affected by climate change, spring is different than it used to be. So as we kick off another season of…