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1 online resource |
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Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1 The Vivaldi option; The seasons we had to have; The Earth, spinning like a top; A quick seasonal tour of the world; Seasons of the sun; Opinions divided; 2 Knock'em down storm and other Indigenous seasons; From west to north, two to six seasons; Spotlight on Sydney seasons; The south-east, different again; 3 Five very Australian seasons; If it ain't broke, why fix it?; Sprinter; Sprummer; Summer; Autumn1; Winter; Seasonal rumblings in the motherland; Why I'm right; 4 Sprinter, the early spring: August and September; Celebrating the start of spring |
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Wattle Day on the wrong dayFlowery sprinter; Animals spring to life in sprinter; Sprinter, come rain or shine; Sprinter by any other name; Botanising in sprinter; Think global, act local; 5 Sprummer, the cranky one: October and November; Biological cycles; Sprummer is cranky in London too; What to do about the mountains; Spru |
| Summary |
Sprinter and Sprummer challenges the traditional four seasons, and encourages us to think about how we view changes in our natural world. Since 1788, Australia has carried the yoke of four European seasons that make no sense in most parts of the country. We may like them for historical or cultural reasons, or because they are the same throughout the world, but they tell us nothing of our natural environment. It''s time to reject those seasons and to adopt a system that brings us more in tune with our plants and animals - a system that helps us to notice and respond to climate change. Using examp |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Seasons -- Australia
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Bioclimatology -- Australia
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Natural history -- Australia
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Climatic changes -- Australia
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Bioclimatology.
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Climatic changes.
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Natural history.
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Seasons.
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Australia.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781486302048 |
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1486302041 |
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9781486302055 |
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148630205X |
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