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Science Friday > Archives > 2002 > November > November 15,
2002:
Hour One: Gardening
and Climate Change / Leonid Meteor Shower
Warmer temperatures are now allowing gardeners to grow many plants
that didn't previously survive in certain locations. South American
flowers are sprouting in Brooklyn, crape myrtles are flourishing in
the Northeast, and a Chinese tulip bloomed for the first time this
year in Boston. The American Horticultural Society recently revised
the Agricultural Department's Plant Hardiness Zone Map, which provides
the average coldest temperature of geographical regions, to reflect
these warmer temperatures.
In this hour of Science Friday, we'll talk with two botanists, H.
Marc Cathey and David Francko, about how climate changes are affecting
our gardens and the new zone hardiness map.
Plus, we'll talk to meteorologist Joe Rao on watching the Leonid
Meteor Shower this upcoming Monday night. This year may be your last
chance to see these spectacular Leonids for another 30 years!
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).
Guests:
H. Marc Cathey
Professor Emeritus
American Horticultural Society
Alexandria, Virginia
David Francko
Professor and Chair, Department
of Botany
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
Joe Rao
Meteorologist, Cablevision News 12
Network of Greater New York
Staff Instructor and Lecturer, Hayden
Planetarium
"Sky Watch" Contributor, New
York Times
Westchester, NY
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
American
Horticultural Society
Bananas
in the Backyard
Research
transforming campus into luxuriant, tropic-like oasis
Growing
Gardens
How
to listen for the Leonids on your FM radio
NASA's 2002 Meteor Storm Forecast
NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument
Aircraft Campaign Homepage
American Meteor Society
International Meteor Organization
North American Meteor Network
Leonids
2002: The Grand Finale
The
Leonids: King of the Meteor Showers!
This segment produced by Karin
Vergoth and Dorothy
Lam
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