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 up 1.2 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.
