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The Stanford research team is now using historical data to
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According to Diffenbaugh, the success of climate forecasting
will continue to depend on accurate data collection by
organizations such as the National Phenology Network, a

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group of scientists and citizen-scientists that monitors the

influence of climate on plants and animals by observing and
recording information about egg-laying, flowering and other
natural events. "As these large networks of observers gather
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predicting the real world and whether they can be applied in
the future," Diffenbaugh said.

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