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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wayne, no need to panic with regard to minor
fluctuations in climate, as they are normal and inevitable. Recall that
the climate changes gradually from one extreme to another over eons. We
had several ice ages as well as several periods of tropical climate and desert
climate, all in their turn. The Earth is a dynamic, living and changing
environment, and humans are amazingly adaptable. I hope that you do not
let a natural and unremarkable climactic fluctuation ruin your
mood.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers, -Tony</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Fw: USAToday:
Warming trend visible in the trees</DIV>
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<DIV>Missing Link to article: <A
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] USAToday: Warming trend visible in the
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<TD><SPAN class=inside-head><STRONG><FONT size=5>Warming trend visible
in the trees</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN
class=datestamp>Updated 1/16/2007 12:08 PM ET</SPAN>
<DIV class=byline>By Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY</DIV>
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<DIV class=inside-copy>Rising temperatures are allowing Southern trees to
thrive farther north and stressing trees used to colder weather, according to
new national guidelines issued by planting experts.</DIV>
<P class=inside-copy>The National Arbor Day Foundation last month updated the
Agriculture Department's "hardiness zones" map, which was last issued in 1990.
The group acted after noticing that some tree species were thriving where they
had not before, while others were doing poorly in what had been a suitable
region on previous maps.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>The shift in zones may allow people in northern areas to
experiment with flowering Southern trees such as apple and cherry where they
used to plant only fir, spruce and pine, says group spokesman Woodrow
Nelson.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>The map divides the nation into 11 planting zones tied to
average low temperatures. It shows significant boundary changes as the
continent has warmed. For example, in southern Texas, the edge of one zone
moved more than 200 miles north to the Panhandle. A few locations jumped two
zones.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>The map is based on 15 years of minimum temperatures from
5,000 observers used by the National Weather Service.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>Last year was the warmest on record for the USA. Twelve
of the top 25 warmest years have been since 1990.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>The foundation cautions not to dig up gardens or cut down
trees just because zones have shifted. The map is a guide for new plantings,
especially for seedlings, which are more vulnerable to temperature change than
mature trees.</P>
<P class=inside-copy>The Agriculture Department has been reworking its map for
several years using 30 years of data instead of 15 but has set no release
date. The department's Kim Kaplan says the 1990s "were a very warm decade, but
is that a weather cycle or is that a climate cycle? We think 30 years
represents the best compromise, smoothing out the natural fluctuations of
weather."</P>
<P class=inside-copy>Nelson says the foundation will distribute 10 million
seedlings this year. "Those need to be planted under the most up-to-date
information."</P>
<P class=inside-copy> </P>
<P class=inside-copy>See entire article with interesting comparisons using
maps.</P>
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<P class=inside-copy>W.</P></DIV>
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