Global warming is responsible for the reason why plants are flowering faster

Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change which, according to researchers, could have devastating knock-on effects for food chains and ecosystems. Global warming is having a significant impact on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some breeding, migration and feeding patterns, the experts said in a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

Increased carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels can affect how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and variable rainfall patterns can change their behavior. "Predicting species' response to climate change is a major challenge in ecology", said researchers from the University of California San Diego and several other US institutions.