Warmer temperatures make new USDA plant zone map obsolete
Thursday, September 13, 2012 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
Gardeners and landscapers may want to rethink their fall tree plantings. Warming temperatures have already made the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new cold-weather planting guidelines obsolete, according to Dr. Nir Krakauer, assistant professor of civil engineering in The City College of New York's Grove School of Engineering.