Spring is the Only Season - How it Works, What it Does and Why it Matters

Spring is the time of renewal and rebirth , a celebration of the resilience of life. As the year turns, animals and plants that have struggled to survive the winter find new hope and create the next generation. The season has inspired some of humanity''s greatest art and many of its most significant religious festivals. Now, in Spring is the Only Season , Simon Barnes provides a fresh and compelling look at this period of the year. He explains the science of the seasons, which are caused by the planet''s 23.5 degree tilt; he also highlights the music, the paintings and the poetry that have tried to capture it. Packed with fascinating insights, remarkable facts and key stories, the book is a vivid and multi-faceted portrait of spring. However, while the Earth will continue to spin on its tilting axis, he reveals how our impact on the planet is beginning to destroy the natural course of the seasons, and that elements of the beloved spring - from migrating birds to emerging butterflies - are endangered by climate change. But it''s not too late. Not yet. We can still make a difference and so continue to enjoy the pleasures of spring.>

About the author

Simon Barnes is the multi-award-winning author of 20-odd books, including three novels and the best-selling How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher. Formerly the chief sportswriter at The Times, for whom he also wrote two columns on wildlife, he lives in Norfolk with his family and four horses, beside a marsh.

@simonbarneswild

Product details

• Authors: Simon Barnes, Barnes Simon
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2025
• EAN: 9781526667373
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-6737-3
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 220 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Politics and government, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Seasonal interest: Spring