#superblooms — Public Fediverse posts

Santa Barbara Independent: Chasing the Superbloom: New Map Helps Campers Time Wildflower Trips. “The California Superbloom Forecast pulls from roughly five years of research-grade observations submitted through the community science platform iNaturalist. By analyzing more than 150,000 entries, Hipcamp’s team created a map intended to guide visitors toward bloom-rich areas while also […]

Santa Barbara Independent: Chasing the Superbloom: New Map Helps Campers Time Wildflower Trips. “The California Superbloom Forecast pulls from roughly five years of research-grade observations submitted through the community science platform iNaturalist. By analyzing more than 150,000 entries, Hipcamp’s team created a map intended to guide visitors toward bloom-rich areas while also […]

Santa Barbara Independent: Chasing the Superbloom: New Map Helps Campers Time Wildflower Trips. “The California Superbloom Forecast pulls from roughly five years of research-grade observations submitted through the community science platform iNaturalist. By analyzing more than 150,000 entries, Hipcamp’s team created a map intended to guide visitors toward bloom-rich areas while also […]

Santa Barbara Independent: Chasing the Superbloom: New Map Helps Campers Time Wildflower Trips. “The California Superbloom Forecast pulls from roughly five years of research-grade observations submitted through the community science platform iNaturalist. By analyzing more than 150,000 entries, Hipcamp’s team created a map intended to guide visitors toward bloom-rich areas while also […]

Santa Barbara Independent: Chasing the Superbloom: New Map Helps Campers Time Wildflower Trips. “The California Superbloom Forecast pulls from roughly five years of research-grade observations submitted through the community science platform iNaturalist. By analyzing more than 150,000 entries, Hipcamp’s team created a map intended to guide visitors toward bloom-rich areas while also […]

#Wildflowers evolved fast enough to survive a historic #drought

By Andrei Ionescu
March 13, 2026

Excerpt: "A potted #ScarletMonkeyFlower can look fine one day and collapse a few days later if you forget to water it. But out in the wild, some populations of this same species made it through #California’s brutal four-year drought.

"The wildflowers didn’t survive because the drought 'wasn’t that bad,' or because the plants found hidden water. They survived because, according to a new study, they evolved fast enough to keep up.

"The researchers tracked scarlet monkeyflower populations in #Oregon and California for more than a decade.

"The team reports something scientists have long discussed but rarely captured in nature from start to finish: climate-driven decline, rapid genetic adaptation across the whole genome, and then recovery in some populations.

"In other words, '#EvolutionaryRescue' happening in the real world, not just in theory or in lab experiments."

Read more:
https://www.earth.com/news/wildflowers-evolved-fast-enough-to-survive-a-historic-drought/

#Superblooms #Evolution #ClimateChangeAdaptation #Flowers #ClimateChange #ExtremeDrought #Wildflowers

#Wildflowers evolved fast enough to survive a historic #drought

By Andrei Ionescu
March 13, 2026

Excerpt: "A potted #ScarletMonkeyFlower can look fine one day and collapse a few days later if you forget to water it. But out in the wild, some populations of this same species made it through #California’s brutal four-year drought.

"The wildflowers didn’t survive because the drought 'wasn’t that bad,' or because the plants found hidden water. They survived because, according to a new study, they evolved fast enough to keep up.

"The researchers tracked scarlet monkeyflower populations in #Oregon and California for more than a decade.

"The team reports something scientists have long discussed but rarely captured in nature from start to finish: climate-driven decline, rapid genetic adaptation across the whole genome, and then recovery in some populations.

"In other words, '#EvolutionaryRescue' happening in the real world, not just in theory or in lab experiments."

Read more:
https://www.earth.com/news/wildflowers-evolved-fast-enough-to-survive-a-historic-drought/

#Superblooms #Evolution #ClimateChangeAdaptation #Flowers #ClimateChange #ExtremeDrought #Wildflowers

#Wildflowers evolved fast enough to survive a historic #drought

By Andrei Ionescu
March 13, 2026

Excerpt: "A potted #ScarletMonkeyFlower can look fine one day and collapse a few days later if you forget to water it. But out in the wild, some populations of this same species made it through #California’s brutal four-year drought.

"The wildflowers didn’t survive because the drought 'wasn’t that bad,' or because the plants found hidden water. They survived because, according to a new study, they evolved fast enough to keep up.

"The researchers tracked scarlet monkeyflower populations in #Oregon and California for more than a decade.

"The team reports something scientists have long discussed but rarely captured in nature from start to finish: climate-driven decline, rapid genetic adaptation across the whole genome, and then recovery in some populations.

"In other words, '#EvolutionaryRescue' happening in the real world, not just in theory or in lab experiments."

Read more:
https://www.earth.com/news/wildflowers-evolved-fast-enough-to-survive-a-historic-drought/

#Superblooms #Evolution #ClimateChangeAdaptation #Flowers #ClimateChange #ExtremeDrought #Wildflowers

#Wildflowers evolved fast enough to survive a historic #drought

By Andrei Ionescu
March 13, 2026

Excerpt: "A potted #ScarletMonkeyFlower can look fine one day and collapse a few days later if you forget to water it. But out in the wild, some populations of this same species made it through #California’s brutal four-year drought.

"The wildflowers didn’t survive because the drought 'wasn’t that bad,' or because the plants found hidden water. They survived because, according to a new study, they evolved fast enough to keep up.

"The researchers tracked scarlet monkeyflower populations in #Oregon and California for more than a decade.

"The team reports something scientists have long discussed but rarely captured in nature from start to finish: climate-driven decline, rapid genetic adaptation across the whole genome, and then recovery in some populations.

"In other words, '#EvolutionaryRescue' happening in the real world, not just in theory or in lab experiments."

Read more:
https://www.earth.com/news/wildflowers-evolved-fast-enough-to-survive-a-historic-drought/

#Superblooms #Evolution #ClimateChangeAdaptation #Flowers #ClimateChange #ExtremeDrought #Wildflowers

#Wildflowers evolved fast enough to survive a historic #drought

By Andrei Ionescu
March 13, 2026

Excerpt: "A potted #ScarletMonkeyFlower can look fine one day and collapse a few days later if you forget to water it. But out in the wild, some populations of this same species made it through #California’s brutal four-year drought.

"The wildflowers didn’t survive because the drought 'wasn’t that bad,' or because the plants found hidden water. They survived because, according to a new study, they evolved fast enough to keep up.

"The researchers tracked scarlet monkeyflower populations in #Oregon and California for more than a decade.

"The team reports something scientists have long discussed but rarely captured in nature from start to finish: climate-driven decline, rapid genetic adaptation across the whole genome, and then recovery in some populations.

"In other words, '#EvolutionaryRescue' happening in the real world, not just in theory or in lab experiments."

Read more:
https://www.earth.com/news/wildflowers-evolved-fast-enough-to-survive-a-historic-drought/

#Superblooms #Evolution #ClimateChangeAdaptation #Flowers #ClimateChange #ExtremeDrought #Wildflowers

***BONUS EPISODE!***

Meet TOSHA STIMAGE, the newest artist/collaborator in ANCESTRAL FUTURISM, the ongoing public art installation at Presidio Tunnel Tops!

* Also meet the program's founder, FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ
* Learn all about Ancestral Futurism
* Get a glimpse of Tosha's contribution, SUPERBLOOMS
* Plan to attend the launch party this Sunday!

All this and more up now at the link in our bio. Also available wherever you get #podcasts.

📸 L–R, Felipe Romero, Alex Grant, Parks Conservancy, courtesy Tosha Stimage, Jeff Hunt

#BIPOC #art #artists #Presidio #parks #publicart #racism #colonialism #genocide #plants #animals #nativeplants #nativehabitat #TunnelTopsSF #PresidioTrust #superblooms #AncestralFuturism #storytelling #SanFrancisco #WereAllInIt

***BONUS EPISODE!***

Meet TOSHA STIMAGE, the newest artist/collaborator in ANCESTRAL FUTURISM, the ongoing public art installation at Presidio Tunnel Tops!

* Also meet the program's founder, FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ
* Learn all about Ancestral Futurism
* Get a glimpse of Tosha's contribution, SUPERBLOOMS
* Plan to attend the launch party this Sunday!

All this and more up now at the link in our bio. Also available wherever you get #podcasts.

📸 L–R, Felipe Romero, Alex Grant, Parks Conservancy, courtesy Tosha Stimage, Jeff Hunt

#BIPOC #art #artists #Presidio #parks #publicart #racism #colonialism #genocide #plants #animals #nativeplants #nativehabitat #TunnelTopsSF #PresidioTrust #superblooms #AncestralFuturism #storytelling #SanFrancisco #WereAllInIt

***BONUS EPISODE!***

Meet TOSHA STIMAGE, the newest artist/collaborator in ANCESTRAL FUTURISM, the ongoing public art installation at Presidio Tunnel Tops!

* Also meet the program's founder, FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ
* Learn all about Ancestral Futurism
* Get a glimpse of Tosha's contribution, SUPERBLOOMS
* Plan to attend the launch party this Sunday!

All this and more up now at the link in our bio. Also available wherever you get #podcasts.

📸 L–R, Felipe Romero, Alex Grant, Parks Conservancy, courtesy Tosha Stimage, Jeff Hunt

#BIPOC #art #artists #Presidio #parks #publicart #racism #colonialism #genocide #plants #animals #nativeplants #nativehabitat #TunnelTopsSF #PresidioTrust #superblooms #AncestralFuturism #storytelling #SanFrancisco #WereAllInIt

***BONUS EPISODE!***

Meet TOSHA STIMAGE, the newest artist/collaborator in ANCESTRAL FUTURISM, the ongoing public art installation at Presidio Tunnel Tops!

* Also meet the program's founder, FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ
* Learn all about Ancestral Futurism
* Get a glimpse of Tosha's contribution, SUPERBLOOMS
* Plan to attend the launch party this Sunday!

All this and more up now at the link in our bio. Also available wherever you get #podcasts.

📸 L–R, Felipe Romero, Alex Grant, Parks Conservancy, courtesy Tosha Stimage, Jeff Hunt

#BIPOC #art #artists #Presidio #parks #publicart #racism #colonialism #genocide #plants #animals #nativeplants #nativehabitat #TunnelTopsSF #PresidioTrust #superblooms #AncestralFuturism #storytelling #SanFrancisco #WereAllInIt