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New USDA map puts Palm Beach County in warmer zone for plants - Palm Beach Post
The map zones are based on the average lowest temperature of the ... The map tracks weather, not climate, and looks only at the average yearly lows, not overall temperature changes, Kaplan said. It doesn't reflect the coldest it has ever been or ever ...

New USDA climate zone map reflects northward warming trends - USA Today
The zones offer important guidelines for all planters, including tree growers. For example, a sugar maple won't produce maple sugar in a warm climate. Sugar maples thrive in the colder zone 3, dogwoods in zone 5 and rhododendrons in zone 7.

Plant-Zone Map a Boon to Growers - Wall Street Journal
is based on the average annual coldest temperature in each of 13 zones—up from 11 zones in the 1990 map due to the addition of several warm-climate zones. The horticulture industry rates plants according to what zone they will survive in over winter.

Models hone picture of climate impacts - Nature.com
For various emissions scenarios, they forecast climate-driven changes in crop yields, vegetation zones, hydrology and human health (see ‘The browning of the planet’). But they often leave out important elements: for example, models of health impact ...

Sunbathers gazania sizzles with ease in warm climate - The News & Observer
The Sunbathers have remarkable heat tolerance that has been lacking for gardeners in the South. It is perennial in zones 8-10 and a terrific annual in colder regions. New plant hardiness zones split the Triangle between zones 7 and 8.

climate change gives gardeners new options - Miami Herald
"climate changes are usually based on trends in overall average ... 30-year averages of what are essentially extreme weather events, changes in zones are not reliable evidence of whether there has been global warming." Still, many farmers ...

Letter: Energized - Naples Daily News
Re: Your global warming map and article by Seth Borenstein. I must protest. As a lifelong gardener in all of the climate zones, I agree there are indeed climate swings. Thank goodness for that! Would you prefer to grow crops during the ice age or today?

Vermont agency says Irene had lessons for new climate - Brattleboro Reformer
"As our climate warms, we're going to see much more extreme weather events and we need to be prepared," she said. New policies and recommendations could range from a requirement that fuel tanks in flood zones be tied down, so they don't float ...

Oceans could run out of oxygen - swissinfo
These blooms then deplete the water’s oxygen. But whereas it is easier to tackle shallow seas dead zones by controlling nutrient input, such as by having low nutrient agriculture, climate change adaptation is “a much more long lasting and complicated ...