Are Autumn Colors Fading Away with Climate Change?
It appears that the sharp, beautiful colors of autumn are slowly being blurred out across parts of Europe and the Northeast United States and some scientists are blaming global warming. According to the Telegraph article, the Italian Meteorological Society has observed less gold, red and copper colored foliage across the nation’s woodlands. Similar developments have been noted elsewhere in Europe and in the northern Hemisphere. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has just started funding a study into claims that the northern states fall colors are also fading away with climate change. “Something is clearly happening to make the colours less vivid. The wood is a living organism that tries to adapt to the climate, and change in climate is the cause. We really need to study and understand what’s happening, said Dr. Giustino Mezzalira, an Italian forest expert. “But I think that, as in the United States, the colours are fading because the temperature difference between night
