Cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo. Japan's celebrated cherry blossom, which for millions heralds the start of spring,
is under threat from climate change, according to experts, who say warmer weather is causing early flowering
(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)
Lilacs are going to leaf out in about a week but that’s not unusual for here.
Increased concentrations of Carbon Dioxide make a lot of plants form leaves earlier. But that’s a good thing. It means the plants have decided that the benefits of going active outweigh the costs at an earlier time. The result is an increased yield.
Most plants are perpetually starving for inadequate carbon dioxide, not inadequate water. With adequate carbon dioxide, plants can hold their stomates closed and retain water. But with inadequate carbon dioxide, plants must hold open their stomates wider and longer to respire, and the temperatures dessicate them.
I notice the people in the AP photo appear to have on coats or at least long sleeve jackets of some kind. The blossoms are under threat from climate change? Well, no, they are just blooming several days earlier. I am not sure how that is a threat.
Like petals on the wind
such is our blossom life
how can we think it’s fragrance
lasts forever...
I think as the weather continues to get warmer, more and more of these idiot “experts” will be blooming. They’ve had a hard, long, cold winter.
Ah yes, let's compare today with 40 years ago when the weather was cooler and concerns were global cooling.
No bias though!
It also snowed in Tokyo this year, which hasn’t happened in a while. You can blame the sakura on the huge heat island that Tokyo creates. It’s 10-15 degrees warmer than the surrounding forested areas.
The crocuses bloomed later this year than any year since I have been recording their bloom dates. About 80% of the March days have had temperatures below normal. Seems rather cold to me.
