Posted on 03/20/2008 1:51:45 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle
The capital's famous cherry trees are primed to burst out in a perfect pink peak about the end of this month. Thirty years ago, the trees usually waited to bloom till around April 5.
In central California, the first of the field skipper sachem, a drab little butterfly, was fluttering about on March 12. Just 25 years ago, that creature predictably emerged there anywhere from mid-April to mid-May.
And sneezes are coming earlier in Philadelphia. On March 9, when allergist Dr. Donald Dvorin set up his monitor, maple pollen was already heavy in the air. Less than two decades ago, that pollen couldn't be measured until late April.
Pollen is bursting. Critters are stirring. Buds are swelling. Biologists are worrying.
"The alarm clock that all the plants and animals are listening to is running too fast," Stanford University biologist Terry Root said.
Blame global warming.
The fingerprints of man-made climate change are evident in seasonal timing changes for thousands of species on Earth, according to dozens of studies and last year's authoritative report by the Nobel Prize-winning international climate scientists. More than 30 scientists told The Associated Press how global warming is affecting plants and animals at springtime across the country, in nearly every state.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.mobile.msn.com ...
Unbelievable ping
And 60 other scientists probably told them they were FOS.
Yeah, right. I walked home for lunch in the middle of a snowstorm. On the first day of spring. Any more globull warming than this and I’m gonna need a dogsled.
I woke up to a winter storm watch this morning for southern Michigan. Snows in excess of 6 inches possible.
This is the “conventional wisdom” propaganda put out by the Liberal Media. This was “new” on the MSM dial-up home page for a day.
This is the garbage the schools are feeding our kids, too.
I’m in Indiana. If you don’t like the weather here in the Springtime, just wait 10 minutes.
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
Urgent - Winter Weather Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 247 PM EDT Thu Mar 20 2008
Van Buren-Kalamazoo-Calhoun-Jackson- Including The Cities Of... South Haven... Kalamazoo... Battle Creek... Jackson
... Winter Storm Watch Remains In Effect From Friday Morning Through Late Friday Night...
Snow Is Expected To Begin Friday Morning And Continue Into Early Saturday Morning. Accumulations Of Six To Ten Inches Are Possible. A Brisk Northeast Wind Of 15 To 25 Mph May Cause Some Blowing Snow Which Will Contribute To Decreased Visibility In The Snow.
A Winter Storm Watch Means There Is A Potential For Significant Snow... Accumulations That May Impact Travel. Continue To Monitor The Latest Forecasts.
Last year in our corner of southern California, spring came late. There was snow on the ground in March, and we had to burn wood in the fireplace for heat well into June. This year, spring is uncharacteristically early here. BUT BY ALL MEANS LET’S BLOW THAT UP INTO A THEORY THAT SAYS THE EARTH IS TURNING INTO A GIANT BALL OF FLAMING MUD AND WE’RE ALL DOOMED UNLESS WE TURN OVER HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO AL GORE AND COMPANY IN CARBON CREDITS!
Cleveland was one of the hardest hit.
Wonder what the betting line is on this Spring being just as bad for playing games.
6-9 inches of spring falling tomorrow in Milwaukee. Winter storm watch here as well. Still snow on the ground from the January. Will end up being 3rd or 4th snowiest winter onrecord here in Badgerland.
I was reading this article and thought this is ——(still afraid of mom coming at me with the lava soap). I went back and looked to see when I had the coolers turned on last year, it was 03/22/2007. There is no way I would have them opened up this year, just few days more, we are still have 30 degree mornings, this morning was 35. A little to cool to have that when I crawl out of bed.
Not in Fairbanks. Below normal her for about the past 1-1/2 weeks.
Not this crap again!
Warming Trend Seen In Late Freeze, Early Thaw Of Northern Waterways, Say Science Researchers
Ecological responses to recent climate change (PDF)
European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern
Fingerprints of global warming on wild animals and plants (PDF)
Yeah, with my Mariners in town freezin' their collective tookuses off. Making up those games was the reason they didn't make the playoffs. Well, that and the fact that they played like crap... ;-)
We simply have to undo the early daylight saving switcharoo, then global warming will be held at bay for a few more years.
I as a scientist know these fact and there really is no longer any debate. Shut up and do as I say, please.
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