For plants, the moment of spring emergence is the gamble of their lives, says journalist Zoë Schlanger. They rely on a convergence of genetic instructions from within and environmental cues from without to know when it is time to bring new life into the world. But what happens when seasonal markers and a plant’s molecular memory, shaped by generations of winters, no longer agree? Seeing this increasing tension between timelines reflected in her own journey toward parenthood, Zoë asks how we can steward a world where the fragile conversations between biological clocks are being rewritten. <a href="https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/memory-of-winter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read</a> the essay.<a href="https://store.emergencemagazine.org/products/volume-6-seasons" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discover</a> our latest print edition, Volume 6: Seasons.Photo by Sam Laughlin.

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