For example: Maps generated by Climate Central show that as our climate has warmed due to heat-trapping carbon pollution, plant hardiness zones have shifted north toward higher latitudes and ...

The importance of hardiness zones lies in their ability to help gardeners and farmers choose plants that will thrive in their ...

the USDA cautions that “temperature updates to plant hardiness zones are not necessarily reflective of global climate change” according to a press release announcing the new map.

Trees near the southern edge of their geographic ranges — what scientists refer to as “plant ... Zone 7 to Zone 8 by mid-century. “All these arborists were onstage talking about climate ...