Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years. Scientists warn it's a symptom of the larger climate crisis By Jessie Yeung, Selina Wang and Derek Van Dam, CNN Updated 9:12 AM EDT, Mon April 05, 2021 Interesting read on the environment Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years. scientists warn it's a symptom of the larger climate crisis - CNN
This one? It looks like it was somewhat stable with not too much fluctuation from when they have the data start. Then it slowly starts to tighten up and slope downward towards what the last 100 years? Hard to see it completely, maybe it’s just my phone view since I’m not on my computer. Anyway, interesting shit. I added a few other quotes I thought were interesting after the graph. There are two sources of increased heat, which is the main factor making the flowers bloom earlier: urbanization and climate change. With increased urbanization, cities tend to get warmer than the surrounding rural area, in what is called the heat island effect. But a bigger reason is climate change, which has caused rising temperatures across the region and the world. Tai added. "Agriculture now is more like a gamble, because climate change is randomizing the things happening in our ecological systems." Amos Tai, assistant professor of earth science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.