http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/23/23climatewire-climate-changing-uncle-sam-wants-your-observ-64119.html
"The lilac bloom used to be around the first of June. Then, for a long
stretch, they began to bloom on May 25 or 24 or 23. One year it was as early
as May 20th," Latimer said, drawing on almost 15 years of computerized
records. "This year, it was June 4."
"I was shocked," Esaias said. "My nectar flows have changed by almost a
month, and we really didn't appreciate it. That's associated with about a
3-degree Fahrenheit increase in cold winter temperatures. It kind of sneaks
up on you."
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