Spring arrives earlier than ever recorded in southern US – adding to climate trend
Warming springs can cause plants to bloom earlier, alter hibernation times and locations for migrating animals, and increase insect populations
It’s still officially winter, but spring has already arrived in large parts of the southern US earlier than any point in the official record.
New data from the USA National Phenology Network (US-NPN), which has tracked the onset of spring for the past 39 years, shows that in parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and northern Florida, spring has arrived over three weeks earlier than average.