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Plankton bloom and wither with the seasons much as plants do on land.
Butterflies bruised by rain and gales are hunkering down hoping for pleasant weather.
Everyone in the UK said June 2024 felt cold and miserable. But it was barely below the long-term average.
In variable environments, like temperate woodlands, species are not equally at risk.
These birds are a harbinger of summer – but their arrival, and the seasons, are no longer predictable.
As climate change threatens their food supply, migratory birds may find help in an unlikely place.
Great tits being studied at a woodland near Oxford are adjusting the timings of their breeding season as the climate changes.
Swifts migrate long distances yet face many threats along their journey. Lack of nest sites is a big problem but installing swift boxes and bricks won’t be the only solution.
Why the weather can be sunny one minute then rainy the next.
Some butterflies are expanding their ranges as the climate changes, others are dwindling.
As temperatures and rainfall patterns change, the time that trees produce catkins could change and affect wildlife that rely on catkins for food.
The last full moon of winter can illuminate earthworms in newly-thawed soil.
Earlier springs due to climate change are wreaking havoc in orchards.
Haiku poems chart flowers appearing earlier and species retreating to the margins.
Wild Seasons will look at how seasonal events are changing amid the climate crisis.
Climate change puts pressure on British butterflies and moths - sometimes pushing them to the edges of their geographical range or shifting the timing of their life cycle so they can’t feed.
Rising air temperatures mean shorter winters and earlier springs.
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PhD Candidate, Pollination and Climate Change, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Atmospheric Physics, University of Reading
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Associate Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange - Reader in Plant Science, Edge Hill University
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Lecturer in Publishing, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Leeds
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PhD Researcher in Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh
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Reader in Ecology, University of Central Lancashire
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Associate Professor, Ornithology, University of East Anglia
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Professor of Botany, Edge Hill University
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Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor of Ecology, Leiden University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Oxford
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