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Observable changes in nature related to season creep include birds laying their eggs earlier and buds appearing on some trees in late winter.<ref name=Scotsman.com/> The effects have been noted by non-scientists as well, including gardeners who have advanced their spring planting times,<ref name="Philadelphia Inquirer">{{cite web |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14687823_ITM |title=Out on a limb: Gardeners excited by the early warmth - call it "season creep" - are experimenting with earlier planting and new varieties.|accessdate=2007-12-23| date=2007-04-07|first = Virgina A. |last = Smith |format= |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|quote = …earlier springs — an idea known as "season creep" — may or may not be related to long-term warming trends. Yet the reality of year-to-year weather weirdness recently, coupled with the ever-present impulse to outsmart Mother Nature, has prompted more than a few gardeners to shun conventional horticultural wisdom.}}</ref>

and experimented with plantings of less [[Hardiness (plants)|hardy]] warmer climate varieties of non-native plants.<ref name="Knoxville News Sentinel">{{cite web |url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/Apr/08/dogwoods-to-frogs-tulips-to-snow-knox-shows-of/ |title=Dogwoods to frogs, tulips to snow, Knox shows signs of warming |accessdate=2007-12-23 |format= |work=Knoxville News Sentinel|author=Williams, Brad| date=2007-04-08| quote=Knoxville is now in hardiness Zone 7, a zone where more southern trees and shrubs flourish. The zone shift can be seen all across the northern half of the state. It effectively means plants that once had difficulty growing here are now finding it easier to thrive, said Lisa Stanley, master gardener at Stanley's Greenhouses}}</ref> While summer growing seasons are expanding, winters are getting warmer and shorter, resulting in less winter ice cover on bodies of water.,<ref name=Freep>{{cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_site=freep&p_multi=FP|&p_product=FP&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=%22Why%20less%20winter%20ice%20is%20the%20pits%20for%20state,%22&s_dispstring=%22Why%20less%20winter%20ice%20is%20the%20pits%20for%20state,%22&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=_rank_%3AD&xcal_useweights=no |title=Why Less Winter Ice is the Pitts for State |date=2006-04-03 |accessdate=2007-12-23 |format= |work=[[The Detroit Free Press]]|quote = Grand Traverse Bay … froze at least seven winters out of every 10; the rate slipped in the 1980s. In the 1990s, the bay froze only three times. So far this decade, once. Observers see that as one more sign of what some call "season creep," or evidence of global warming. }}</ref> and earlier ice-out and melt water peak flows.<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/19/AR2006031900758.html |title=Early Spring Disturbing Life on Northern Rivers |accessdate=2007-12-26 |format= |work=[[The Washington Post]]|first = Cheryl Lyn | last = Dybas | date = 2006-03-20 | quote = Research by [USGS hydrologist Glenn] Hodgkins and USGS scientist Robert Dudley also shows changes in early-spring stream flow across eastern North America from Minnesota to Newfoundland. Rivers are gushing with snow- and ice-melt as much as 10 to 15 days sooner than they did 50 to 90 years ago, based on USGS records.}}</ref>

SeasonThe term "season creep" was included in the 9th edition of the Collins English Dictionary published in London [[June 4]], [[2007]].<ref name=Guardian>{{cite web |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200706/05/eng20070605_380949.html |title='Hoodies', 'size zero', 'man flu', make it into the dictionary |accessdate=2007-12-23 | author = Topping , Alexandra | date = 2007-06-04 |format= |work=The Guardian |quote=A preoccupation with environmental issues, a favourite topic of [British Conservative Party leader David] Cameron's, is also reflected in new phrases such as "carbon footprint", "carbon offsetting" and "season creep", used to describe the changing length of the seasons thought to be caused by climate change.}}</ref><ref name="ABC News">{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1941218.htm |title='Season creep', 'BBQ stopper' appear in dictionary pages|date = 2007-06-04 |accessdate=2007-12-23 |work=ABC News Online|quote="Hoodies", "season creep" and "barbecue stopper" are among hundreds of new words and phrases included in an updated version of an English dictionary.}}</ref>

The term was popularized in the media after the report titled "Season Creep: How Global Warming Is Already Affecting The World Around Us" was published by the [[United States|American]] [[environmental organization]] [[Clear the Air (United States)|Clear the Air]] on [[March 21]], [[2006]].<ref name="Word Spy">{{cite web |url=http://www.wordspy.com/words/seasoncreep.asp |title=Season creep |accessdate=2007-12-23 |format= |work=Word Spy|quote=Earliest Citation:… Jonathan Banks, 'Season Creep: How Global Warming Is Already Affecting The World Around Us,' National Environment Trust, March 21, 2006}}</ref>

In the "Season Creep" report, Jonathan Banks, Policy Director for Clear the Air, introduced the term as follows: