{"id":1572,"date":"2023-05-02T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2023-05-02T17:47:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T21:47:02","slug":"a-prickly-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/?p=1572","title":{"rendered":"A prickly situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saguaro cacti \ud83c\udf35 are an important part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11258-014-0326-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biotic community<\/a> in the Sonoran Desert \ud83c\udfdc\ufe0f. They are also a <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/BF02860768\">vital part of the diet<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saguaro#\/media\/File:Saguaro_gatherers2.jpg\">Indigenous people in the area<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saguaros require a specific sequence of monsoons and dry spells to blossom and reproduce. Due to climate change-related shifts in weather conditions, the mature individuals are no longer reproducing. They are dying without being replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IUCN currently lists them as &#8220;least concern&#8221; but also &#8220;declining&#8221; with the most recent assessment from 2017. I wonder if this will be changing soon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/10042023\/saguaro-restoration-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/10042023\/saguaro-restoration-climate-change\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/152495\/121476885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/152495\/121476885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1438\/2023\/05\/Old_growth_Saguaro_Cactus_at_Sunrise_Near_Phoenix_AZ-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1438\/2023\/05\/Old_growth_Saguaro_Cactus_at_Sunrise_Near_Phoenix_AZ-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1438\/2023\/05\/Old_growth_Saguaro_Cactus_at_Sunrise_Near_Phoenix_AZ-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1438\/2023\/05\/Old_growth_Saguaro_Cactus_at_Sunrise_Near_Phoenix_AZ-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1438\/2023\/05\/Old_growth_Saguaro_Cactus_at_Sunrise_Near_Phoenix_AZ.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>An old-growth saguaro at sunset in AZ. Saguaros can live for 100+ years. Photo by Ray Redstone (CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saguaro cacti \ud83c\udf35 are an important part of the biotic community in the Sonoran Desert \ud83c\udfdc\ufe0f. They are also a vital part of the diet of Indigenous people in the area. Saguaros require a specific sequence of monsoons and dry spells to blossom and reproduce. Due to climate change-related shifts in weather conditions, the mature &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/?p=1572\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A prickly situation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huber.opened.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}