Looking for signs of global warming? They're all around you
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June 20, 2018
GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist.
More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, birds, bees and butterflies first appeared each spring on this mountain.
These days, plants and animals are arriving at Rocky Mountain Biological Lab a week or two earlier than they were 30 years ago. The robins that used to arrive in early April now show up in mid-March. Marmots end their winter slumber ever earlier.
"If the climate weren't changing, we wouldn't see these kind of changes happen," Inouye said while standing on a b...
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