Climate Changes the Color of Flowers, but not for Pollinators

By Anthony Barone, Class of 2029 Figure 1.  Purple Mistress (Mordicandia arvensis) during the spring flowering season. In nature, the pigment of flower petals changes as a response to heat, increasing the concentration of molecules that absorb more harmful radiation. This change could result in a difference in visibility from a human’s perspective, but what about pollinators? Eduardo Narbona and his team at the University … Continue reading Climate Changes the Color of Flowers, but not for Pollinators