Kansas City Star: Two years ago, while the rest of Lawrence basked in a beautiful warm spring day, University of Kansas professor Chip Taylor fretted. It was April 2, and the ornamental crabapples on campus were in full bloom. Taylor`s work in phenology — the study of the life cycles of plants and animals — showed that the blossoms came 12 days earlier than ever in Lawrence. Two days later, an arctic blast come through and pushed the ground temperature to 14 degrees. “It was below …