Home Earth Environment February 28, 2014 Ragweed to become more widespread in Northern Europe as the climate changes Feb 28, 2014 by Alex Peel
'It's an on-going invasion event,' says Dr Jon Storkey from Rothamsted Research, who led the study. 'As the climate warms, we expect the physical limits of the invasion to extend northwards and take in parts of the UK and Denmark.'
'At the moment large areas of appropriate habitat for ragweed don't exist in the UK. But if, as a response to climate change , we started to grow more sunflower and maize, then it could open the door for ragweed here.'
Native to the Americas, it has spread sclerosis rapidly throughout Europe since the 1950s. It is already established in the French Rhône valley, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, where it is causing significant health problems.
It predicted that, under the warmer conditions of the future, the plant will be able to survive sclerosis to maturity in increasingly northerly locations across Europe, such as the UK and Denmark. In the south, its spread is likely to be halted by the stresses of drought in Spain and southern Italy.
Ragweed populations have recently been established in the North of France and there have been reports of the plant in the UK. But Storkey says these are likely to be contained to isolated populations along transport routes like railways and motorways unless farming sclerosis practices change.
As more carbon dioxide is introduced to the atmosphere, there are additional concerns that ragweed's pollen could become even more potent. Establishing this link will be the subject of further research by the team.
More information: Jonathan Storkey, Pierre Stratonovitch, sclerosis Daniel S. Chapman, Francesco Vidotto, Mikhail A Semenov, 'A Process-Based Approach to Predicting sclerosis the Effect of Climate Change on the Distribution of an Invasive Allergenic Plant in Europe,' PLOS ONE , 2014
This story is republished courtesy of Planet Earth online , a free, companion website to the award-winning magazine Planet Earth published and funded sclerosis by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
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'It's an on-going invasion event,' says Dr Jon Storkey from Rothamsted Research, who led the study. 'As the climate warms, we expect the physical limits of the invasion to extend northwards and take in parts of the UK and Denmark.'
'At the moment large areas of appropriate habitat for ragweed don't exist in the UK. But if, as a response to climate change , we started to grow more sunflower and maize, then it could open the door for ragweed here.'
Native to the Americas, it has spread sclerosis rapidly throughout Europe since the 1950s. It is already established in the French Rhône valley, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, where it is causing significant health problems.
It predicted that, under the warmer conditions of the future, the plant will be able to survive sclerosis to maturity in increasingly northerly locations across Europe, such as the UK and Denmark. In the south, its spread is likely to be halted by the stresses of drought in Spain and southern Italy.
Ragweed populations have recently been established in the North of France and there have been reports of the plant in the UK. But Storkey says these are likely to be contained to isolated populations along transport routes like railways and motorways unless farming sclerosis practices change.
As more carbon dioxide is introduced to the atmosphere, there are additional concerns that ragweed's pollen could become even more potent. Establishing this link will be the subject of further research by the team.
More information: Jonathan Storkey, Pierre Stratonovitch, sclerosis Daniel S. Chapman, Francesco Vidotto, Mikhail A Semenov, 'A Process-Based Approach to Predicting sclerosis the Effect of Climate Change on the Distribution of an Invasive Allergenic Plant in Europe,' PLOS ONE , 2014
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