In the video we learn why change is so hard to see, and how scientists try to see it nevertheless.
The clip comes with subtitles in English. Just click play, select the gear icon on the lower right and select subtitles in English.
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The summer that never came: a complete failure of reproduction in Greenland
Original article • Read more in Finnish
Schmidt, N. M., Reneerkens, J., Christensen, J. H., Olesen, M., & Roslin, T. 2019: An ecosystem-wide reproductive failure with more snow in the Arctic. PLoS Biology, 17(10), [e3000392]. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000392
Because we live in the midst of constant change, we are in some ways blind to that change. Often we need long-term data to see the change.
How has your local landscape changed?
The Corine data only shows change over the past twenty years. Longer term change can be seen in old aerial photographs. For Helsinki, they are available here. Aerial photographs from the rest of Finland can be found in Finna using the search terms ilmakuva and the place name. Aerial photographs can also purchased from the National Land Survey of Finland (in Finnish).
Project idea on changing nature
Check the status of your neares threatened habitat
Some habitat types have been changing more severely than others, and today we assess the threat level of entire habitat types in the same way we assess species. How close to your school can you find a threatened habitat type? How is it doing?