Climate Change Impacting Cherry Blossom Season Around the World from 24 2020 Watch Video

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Climate Change Impacting , Cherry Blossom Season , Around the World.<br/>'Time' reports that cherry blossom trees around <br/>the world are blooming earlier as a result of <br/>increasing temperatures due to climate change.<br/>According to Daisuke Sasano, a climate risk management officer , at the Japan Meteorological Agency, the average bloom date, has moved up1.2 days per decade since 1953.<br/>Cherry trees, known as sakura in Japan, had an <br/>average starting bloom date of March 29 between <br/>1961 and 1990, according to Sasano's research.<br/>Between 1991 and 2020, <br/>the data showed that the <br/>average moved up to March 24. .<br/>In 2023, the starting bloom <br/>date in Tokyo was March 14. .<br/>The fact that Tokyo <br/>recorded the earliest <br/>start date is due to global <br/>warming, compounded <br/>with urbanization, Daisuke Sasano, Climate risk management officer, via 'Time'.<br/>'Time' reports that the warmer-than-normal temperatures <br/>were recorded all around the world this winter, <br/>with January coming in as the hottest ever on record.<br/>Spring is most definitely starting <br/>earlier than when you were a kid—<br/>there is no doubt about that, Theresa Crimmins, Director of the USA <br/>National Phenology Network, via 'Time'.<br/>Many, many studies show <br/>clear trends toward warmer <br/>temperatures and earlier <br/>starts to springtime activity <br/>over the longer term, Theresa Crimmins, Director of the USA <br/>National Phenology Network, via 'Time'.<br/>According to U.S. government data, <br/>peak bloom in Washington D.C. has <br/>shifted earlier by around 7 days since 1921.