Tag: Phenology
Climate change threatens spring wildflowers by speeding up the time when...
Richard B. Primack, Boston University; Benjamin R. Lee, University of Pittsburgh, and Tara K. Miller, Boston University
For short-lived...
By fact-checking Thoreau’s observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old...
Tara K. Miller, Boston University; Abe Miller-Rushing, National Park Service, and Richard B. Primack, Boston University
Henry David Thoreau,...
Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up...
Jennie L. Durant, University of California, Davis
The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022...
Birds migrate along ancient routes – here are the latest high-tech...
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions of birds...
Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees,...
Yuyu Zhou, Iowa State University
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January warm spells, March freezes: How plants manage the shift from...
Richard B. Primack, Boston University
Weather patterns across the U.S. have felt like a roller coaster ride for the...
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona; Erin Posthumus, University of Arizona, and Kathleen Prudic, University of Arizona
The rapid spread...
Spring is arriving earlier across the US, and that’s not always...
Theresa Crimmins, University of Arizona
Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception....
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
