New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon ...

When picking plants to grow in your garden, it’s easy to just go with what you like or whatever plants your neighbors grow. The problem is that not all kinds of plants grow well on where you live.

Maps generated by Climate Central show that as our climate has warmed due to heat-trapping carbon pollution, plant hardiness zones have shifted north toward higher latitudes and elevations.

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.

Zone 6: -10°F to 0°F Zone 7: 0°F to 10°F Zone 8: 10°F to 20°F Zone 9: 20°F to 30°F Zone 10: 30°F to 40°F Zone 11: 40°F to 50°F Zone 12: 50°F to 60°F Zone 13: 60°F to 70°F ...

Plant hardiness zones in Wisconsin range from 6a, which denotes an average minimum temperature of -5 to -10 degrees, to 3b, which is an average minimum of -30 to -35 degrees.

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides North America into 13 zones based on the average annual minimum winter temperature. In 2023, the USDA released an updated hardiness zone map in response ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for creating a plant hardiness zone map. This tool divides the country into 13 color-coded areas based on their average extreme ...

Under the 2012 map, most of central Illinois north of Springfield was listed in the 5b zone. A large number of counties previously included in that zone have shifted into 6a.

INDIANA, USA — Indiana is now mostly a Zone 6 state (both a and b) according to the United States Department of Agriculture's latest plant hardiness zone map. It was updated in November 2023, so this ...

These maps are updated every ten years. The USDA changed gardening zones at the end of 2023, and Michigan got a little bit warmer. But that could be a good thing for gardeners and the greenhouses.

As climate change warms the Earth, plant hardiness zones are shifting northward. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will ...