Climate Change Thread

[ReluctantSamurai]

Cherry blossoms bloomed about a few weeks earlier than usual in Japan and South Korea. It bloomed about a week earlier in the States.

A corollary to that, that doesn't get much attention outside the science community: pollinators are not keeping in sync with the plants they are supposed to pollinate, hence many trees and crops are not producing fruit, or producing in much lower quantities. Flora are adapting much quicker to climate changes, while insects and other pollinators are much, much slower in timing their emergence and activities to changes in their environment.