Sunday, 24 February 2019

Spring Trap?


The British papers and weather reports are full of excited speculation about whether Spring has come unseasonally early to the UK (without ever mentioning the possible link to climate change). Naturalists (who, with good reason, tend to be a pessimistic bunch) are, however, concerned that a cold, wet March could prove very damaging to some of the early emerging plants and animals (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/22/naturalists-concerned-for-early-emerging-spring-species-in-uk). In the natural world, the more reliable the calendar the better it suits our species..

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