Nature communicates disruption through observable physical signals

Evidence

As for the first, disruptions to the physical integrity of nature, especially, should catch our attention—things such as climate change, species extinction, droughts, mad cows and flu-ridden birds, and so on. And each of these disruptions is communicated to us through a variety of signals. Climate change, for example, is demonstrated not just in atmospheric studies, but also by a slew of individual signals—songbirds returning earlier, butterfly species moving north, insect eggs hatching earlier, glaciers and other ice-bound water melting, oceans warming, and weather-related issues such as increased rainfall in certain areas and drought in others. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 666

Categorization

• SHARE: The phenological climate signals list—songbirds, butterflies, egg-hatching—makes a nerdy nature-nerd tidbit.
• XREF: connects to: Listening to nature’s nonverbal signals is as rational as listening to people — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 661