The North Pole isn't the only place on Earth affected by
slight increases in temperature. Until recently, scientific thinking used to
posit that tropical forests, which already exist in warm climates, may not be
impacted much by climate change. But a new study conducted by UC Santa
Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) shows
that to be erroneous. In fact, the results indicate that tropical forests are
producing more flowers in response to only slight increases in temperature. The
findings were published online yesterday in the journal Nature Climate Change.