A newly updated government map has many of the nation’s gardeners rushing online, Googling what new plants they can grow in their mostly warming regions.
'," says Megan London, a gardening consultant in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in a video she posted on Facebook.
But London says that the excitement she and other gardeners have to grow new things is tempered by another feeling: concern about human-caused climate change.
The scientific community overwhelmingly agrees that humans burning fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas is the primary driver of global warming.
Still, for gardeners like Rachel Patterson, in Port St. Joe, Florida, the updated USDA map showing a warming region is validating, if not comforting.
Patterson has been helping her community adapt to the heat by planting varieties of heirloom tomatoes that are more resilient to fungi that spread more rapidly in warmer climates.
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A newly updated government map has many of the nation’s gardeners rushing online, Googling what new plants they can grow in their mostly warming regions.
'," says Megan London, a gardening consultant in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in a video she posted on Facebook.
But London says that the excitement she and other gardeners have to grow new things is tempered by another feeling: concern about human-caused climate change.
The scientific community overwhelmingly agrees that humans burning fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas is the primary driver of global warming.
Still, for gardeners like Rachel Patterson, in Port St. Joe, Florida, the updated USDA map showing a warming region is validating, if not comforting.
Patterson has been helping her community adapt to the heat by planting varieties of heirloom tomatoes that are more resilient to fungi that spread more rapidly in warmer climates.
The original article contains 647 words, the summary contains 143 words. Saved 78%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!