Earth's seasons in all their complexity in a new animated map
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- The study reveals 'hotspots' of seasonal asynchrony where timing of seasonal cycles is out of sync between nearby locations.
- Mediterranean climate regions show a 'double peak' seasonal pattern with delayed forest growth cycles.
- Tropical mountains are identified as global hotspots of out-of-sync seasonal activity, influencing biodiversity.
- Out-of-sync seasonal patterns may lead to genetic divergence and speciation in biodiversity hotspots.
- Satellite-based maps predict differences in plant flowering timing and genetic relatedness among populations.
- The research has implications for ecology, evolution, climate change, and agriculture.