Channel: Prof K Nageshwar

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Tags: mlc nageshwar raokyoto has faced an exceptionally warm sprinimpact of climate change ion flowering of plantsnatural seasons distortedprof k nageshwar analysismlc nageshwarprof nageshwarwhy are flowers blooming earlyprof k nageshwar latestwhy are cherry trees flowering earlyprof k nageshwar raoprof k nageshwarపూలు ముందే పూస్తున్నాయిearly flowering of cherry trees in kyotoperils of plants early flowering

Description: పూలు ముందే పూస్తున్నాయి! ప్రమాద సంకేతం? || Why flowers are blooming early? || Kyoto has faced an exceptionally warm spring this season. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, March temperatures have risen from an average of 47.5 degrees Fahrenheit in 1953 to 51.1 degrees Fahrenheit in 2020. The cherry blossom season has also shown a trend of occurring earlier in recent decades, causing scientists to pinpoint to climate change as the possible culprit. This long-term trend of increased temperatures and an early flowering was explored in a study published in the journal Biological Conservation. Researchers examined records of cherry blossom festivals celebrated in Kyoto from as early as the ninth century to pinpoint what the climate was like historically. The findings revealed that a combination of climate change and urbanization can cause plants to flower earlier within the city environment. Increased temperatures happen because of the global burning of fossil fuels, a leading cause of climate change, combined with the enhanced urban heat island effect, which occurs when a city experiences warmer temperatures than nearby rural areas. The result is an early spring, which causes the cherry blossom season to also begin earlier. Kyoto isn’t the only area undergoing this change. Tokyo hit peak bloom on March 22, the second-earliest date in recorded history. Across the seas in Washington D.C., the cherry trees reached their peak bloom on March 28, about six days sooner than they did a century ago. Similar to Japan, the weather in the U.S. capital has also shown a pattern of warmer springs with a 2.88 degrees Fahrenheit increase in the last 100 years. Source: discovermagazine.com/environment/japan-just-had-its-earliest-peak-bloom-of-cherry-blossoms-in-1-200-years-is