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An early sign of spring, earlier than ever

By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer / January 16, 2013

Record warmth in 2010 and 2012 resulted in similarly extraordinary spring flowering in the eastern United States — the earliest in the more than 150 years for which data is available— researchers at Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of Wisconsin have found.

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Categories: Environments & Sustainability, HarvardScience