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In variable environments, like temperate woodlands, species are not equally at risk.
As we approach the start of gardening season, it’s a good time to ask some questions about what to plant and who gets to plant.
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This episode explores how colonial history has affected what we plant and who gets to garden. We also discuss practical gardening tips with an eye to Indigenous knowledge.
A foxtail seed pod.
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Foxtails can hook onto your pet’s skin and may cause redness, swelling and infection.
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The current cold springtime weather explained by a meteorologist.
A Khalsa Day parade in Toronto, a celebration of Baisakhi held in April 2015.
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The spirit of Baisakhi for Sikhs is reminiscent of the ideals of their gurus, who encouraged them to work toward building a just society.
Apple and cherry blossom on a Spring day.
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Rising air temperatures mean shorter winters and earlier springs.
A satellite image of a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of St. John’s, N.L.
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Recent research sheds light on the ocean’s annual ‘biological clock’ and highlights the key dynamics that make it susceptible to climate change.
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Autumn is arriving later in the year – climate change is probably to blame.
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We’ve had an early start to the bushfire season and there’s more to come. No wonder spring isn’t always a celebration.
The practice of gardening is deeply tied to colonialism. Here a woman pushes a cart of flowers at her garden centre in Toronto, May 4, 2020.
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As we approach the start of gardening season, it’s a good time to ask some questions about what to plant and who gets to plant.
Spectators wait in the rain for the start of King Charles III’s coronation ceremony.
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March 2023 was the wettest for 40 years in England and Wales.
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Our genetics, immune systems and conditions in the environment around us can all play a role in susceptibility to hay fever.
Native wildflowers, such as these Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria ) that bloom early in spring are losing access to sunlight as trees leaf out earlier.
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Many beloved wildflowers bloom in early spring, while trees are still bare and the flowers have access to sunlight. Climate change is throwing trees and wildflowers out of sync.
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Hay fever treatment options range from common over-the-counter products to specialist medicines.
Bees that can adapt to the changing climate around us offer hope for more research and better policy and conservation efforts.
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Seventy-two per cent of native bumblebee species in North America are cutting their winter hibernation short by timing their emergence to earlier spring onsets.
Inside Daisy Clover, Warner Bros (1965).
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When September melancholy hits Simmone Howell, she escapes the cold Melbourne spring to Gavin Lambert’s Los Angeles – and his ‘tough, kooky’ adolescent fantasy figure, Daisy Clover.
Some cities never sleep.
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Artificial light is upending trees’ ability to use the natural day-night cycle as a signal of seasonal change.
Changes in climate affect the timings of various points in the life cycle of plants, including when flowers bloom in spring and when leaves wither in autumn.
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Climate change is modifying the timing of recurrent life-cycle events with critical consequences on ecological and economic levels.
Ospreys spend summer in the UK.
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Birds are master navigators, negotiating journeys of thousands miles each year.
Children celebrating Easter, with their Easter Bunnies and Easter eggs.
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A folklorist explains the prehistoric origins of the mythical Easter Bunny and why this longstanding cultural symbol keeps returning each spring.