Getting started with phenology. Making your first observations can be as easy as going out into an area you’re familiar with and documenting what species of plants and animals you see, whether ...

The site is located at weather.cfaes.osu.edu/gdd/.. When you enter your zip code and the current date into the website, you will see how many growing degree days have accumulated for your ...

Gardeners can use phenology to sync their planting with signals from other plants growing nearby in the landscape. Plant growth is controlled by chemical reactions, and their physiology allows them to ...

More: Climate change is affecting seasonal indicators.How phenology helps track those impacts. Monitoring sites shouldn’t be larger than 15 acres and should, ideally, have more than a single ...

Phenology — from the same root as phenomenon — is about the timing of recurring seasonal events in plants and animals, “timing that is a function of environmental conditions,” Dr. Crimmins ...

Apr. 22—As a nature photographer, I use the metadata on my photo files, which includes date taken, to help me predict when certain events will happen in nature that I would like to photograph.

States where spring sprang earlier than usual. The USA National Phenology Network's map below shows the springtime leaf activity earlier than average (in red tones) and later than average (blue ...

Autumn phenology serves as a sensitive indicator of temperate forests' response to climate change and is a key factor influencing forest carbon sequestration. Understanding the mechanisms driving ...