At first glance, one might think that plants have a reduced chance to suffer frost damage, as Earth warms. But appearances can be deceiving, as a new study shows, to which UAntwerp researchers Ivan Janssens and Yongshuo Fu contributed.
“As the climate is warming, plants enter the growing season earlier”, says Ivan Janssens ( Global Change Ecology Centre, Research Group Plants and Ecosystems ). “Temperature is an important factor triggering the decision of plants to start flowering or budding. As Earth warms up, plants are triggered more rapidly into the growing season.”
But this has important implications, the new study shows. ...
