An earlier spring spells trouble for plants and animals


Most of Canada's most well-known groundhogs predicted six extra weeks of winter, however even that prolongation will not fairly take us to the very first day of spring.


Whereas Groundhog Day prognostications are based mostly on folklore, the concept of an early spring very a lot exists in actuality.


In the UK, for instance, scientists have found that vegetation are flowering almost a month sooner than they used to, largely in response to world warming.


As CTV Information Science and Expertise Specialist Dan Riskin explains on this week's Riskin Report, that is unhealthy information for the vegetation themselves, in addition to the animals that depend on them.

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    Guests take photos as they benefit from the scorching and sunny climate with a stroll previous flowers at Kew gardens in London, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (AP Photograph/Frank Augstein)

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