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SCIENCE: Warming, drying of Rocky Mountains can be deadly to native plants and insects -- studies
phenological mismatchclimate changepollinator declineColorado Rocky MountainsSan Juan MountainsColoradoSan Juan BasinRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteErythronium grandiflorumHummingbirdBombus
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Lauren Morello, E&E reporter SAN FRANCISCO -- Many people wouldn't think twice about driving to work. But to David Inouye, the sight of a clear road to the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, an alpine field station near Crested Butte, Colo., is an ominous sign. The road should be closed by now, b
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