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Spring is arriving earlier across the US, and that's not always good news

  • Written by Theresa Crimmins, Director, USA National Phenology Network, University of Arizona
Yellow trout lily flowers nearly a week earlier now than in previous decades in the Appalachian Mountains.Katja Schulz/Wikipedia, CC BY

Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception. In parts of the Southeast, spring has arrived weeks earlier than normal and may turn out to be the w...

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