LEO Alaska Webinar - August 21st, 2018

• Late Bloomers: spotting funky fall flowers and what it tells us about climate change (Katie Spellman)

Dear LEO Network Members and Participants,

We invite you to join us for the next Alaska LEO Network webinar TODAY Tuesday August 21st, 2018 from 2:00-3:30pm. LEO webinars provide an exciting learning experience and connects local observers and organizations from across Alaska to discuss current and emerging environmental changes. 

Agenda:

1:45pm - Conference Line Opens

2:00pm - Welcome, Agenda Review

2:10pm - LEO Observation Review

2:30pm - Presentation             

Late Bloomers: spotting funky fall flowers and what it tells us about climate change

Dr. Katie Spellman, International Arctic Research Center

Description: We have been finding a weird signal in arctic and boreal plant responses to warmer temperatures and longer growing seasons, and think it might be because some species are busting their buds in the fall, making them delayed in the spring. Have you seen wild rose or cranberry species flowering late in the fall, and you think, "Man, little flower, why are you doing that? Don't you know the snow is coming??" All these woody plants pre-form their buds for the next year, but we think there might be something to longer summers leading to these buds being able to now develop a little too far along. LEO is currently collecting observations of flowers blooming at unusual times in late summer or fall throughout Alaska. 

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Thank you LEO Network members, and to Dr. Spellman, for joining us in the August webinar

Respectfully,

The LEO Team at ANTHC

 Erica             Mike           Des            Mike       Oxcenia