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Winter is changing, becoming less like the cold seasons we may remember. The "new winter" has consequences far beyond December-to-March. It affects spring and summer, too, including plants' flowering dates--and species such as hummingbirds that depend on precision flowering times for nectar.
Our year-round water supply largely comes from snowmelt. Species from microscopic fungi to 800-pound-moose require it as much, if not more. They survive the winter by living in nature's igloo: snow.Image credit: Kristin Link, https://www.flickr.com/photos/kristinillustration/
