Research from the University of Alberta in Canada, published in the July 2011 issue of the journal Bioscience, reports that as climate change causes spring to occur earlier, the native trees and wildflowers across Alberta province are blooming sooner, which is endangering their reproduction as they become more vulnerable to frosts.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110706134145.htm
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/en/NewsArticles/2011/07
/Researcherdetermineswhybloomisofftherose.aspx


In Italy, the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research reports on July 11, 2011 that up to 700 miles of coastal shores are shrinking due to a combination of unregulated development,as well as increased violent winter storms,sea level rise and erosion due to climate change.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8628738/Italys-beaches-shrunk-by-erosion.html
http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/italys-beaches-vanishing-due-to-violent-effects-of-climate-
change.html#ixzz1Roo7UhnN