Title: In the zone: USDA's new plant hardiness map shows we're getting warmer - syracuse.com
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In the zone: USDA's new plant hardiness map shows we're getting warmer
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Content: "The map is not a good instrument for determining climate change," Kaplan said. " In some cases where areas changed zones there was less than a one-degree change in temperature." "I would not be so cautious as the USDA was," Wolfe said. " Taken with prior maps and other evidence, it corroborates that there is climate change." The trend toward warmer temperatures is "part and parcel of climate change," he said. Winter lows that creep upward mean more pests will survive to destroy grains, oilseeds and other crops during growing seasons, he said. Bassuk said she's been having fun playing with the new interactive map. "What I like about new map is that it gives you much more resolution. On the interactive map you can zoom in and zoom out. ... You can move around the whole country that way.