What Warming? The First Blooming Date For Trees In Beijing Occurs No Earlier Today Than A.D. 1741-17

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What Warming? The First Blooming Date For Trees In Beijing Occurs No Earlier Today Than A.D. 1741-1795

By Kenneth Richard on 25. June 2018

The day of the year that a plant first blooms is widely considered to be “an important natural indicator of climate change” when observed over the course of decades to centuries.  A new study (Liu et al., 2018) reveals that a flowering plant in Beijing, the Amygdalus davidiana, has not been blooming any earlier in recent decades than it did during the second half of the 18th century.

http://notrickszone.com/2018/06/25/what-warming-the-first-blooming-date-for-trees-in-beijing-occurs-no-earlier-today-than-a-d-1741-1795/