A new study from the Met Office in the U.K. suggests cherry blossoms in Japan are blooming 11 days earlier.
led by Nikolaos Christidis and published in Environmental Research Letters has revealed through model
ing that climate change coupled with urban heat islands may be causing the coveted Japanese cherry blossoms to bloom up to 11 days early. Christidis and the researchers built their model with pre-existing data on cherry blossom flowering dates and daily temperatures, and most of this dataset was recorded by the Kyoto Meteorological Observatory dating back to 1881. Using these data, the researchers could project future cherry blossom flowering dates as they relate to temperature.
are typically hotter than surrounding rural and suburban areas—on cherry blossom blooming dates by using temperature data from a meteorological station in Kameoka, a suburb of the city.The researchers found that human influence begins to affect cherry blossom flowering times after the 1930s, where flowering occurs 11 days later in the present and 17 days later by 2100.
Cherry blossoms are a sacred part of Japanese culture, and a huge tourist draw for the country, and this research helps illustrate how the ongoing climate crisis is screwing with them. Cherry blossoms are not the only thing on the frontlines of a changing climate, however, as climate change keeps threatening
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