Time of Year Important in Projections of Climate Change Effects On Ecosystems

• Andrew Elmore

ScienceDaily (Feb. 15, 2012) — Does it matter whether long periods of hot weather, such as last year's heat wave that gripped the U.S. Midwest, happen in June or July, August or September?

Scientists studying the subtle effects of heat waves and droughts say that when such events happen makes a big difference.