The Tour of Flanders is held in early spring each year Luc Claessen/Getty
Ecologists have reviewed archive footage of the Tour of Flanders cycling race going back three decades to reveal the effects of climate change on trees.
The Tour takes place on a 267-kilometre route along Belgian roads in early April every year. While he was watching historical clips of the race online, it occurred to Pieter De Frenne from Ghent University, Belgium, that the footage might provide a valuable record of how the timing of leafing and flowering has changed.
“I noticed that that these past editions are…
