Plants with thinner leaves are more sensitive to warming temperatures
Temperature is important, but not the only factor in determining when plants leaf out in spring or lose their leaves in autumn. Species traits, like leaf size or thickness, also play an important role. To understand whether some plants may be more sensitive to increasing temperatures, r... Read more
Observer Profile: Enthusiasm is Catching, and It’s Definitely Blooming in Arizona
In this Observer Story written by UCLA student Jennifer Yang, we learn about Nature's Notebook observers Rita Silverberg and Steve Amesbury. Rita and Steve are long time observers with the Pima County Master Gardeners Phenology Group in Tucson, Arizona. Read more
Observer Profile: Three Minutes Into the Woods - An Interview with Sky Hershberger
In this Observer Story written by UCLA student Kishan Talati, we learn about Nature's Notebook observer Sky Hershberger. Sky is a science communicator and the Forestry Communications Specialist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension. Read more





