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Mapping cherry blossom
- nyankosensei 9y agoWhy aren’t any blossoms shown in Hokkaido?
- pdabbadabba 9y agoAnd for Washington, DC: April 8-12 https://cherryblossomwatch.com/peak-bloom-forecast/ https://cherryblossomwatch.com/peak-bloom-forecast/
- SeanLuke 9y agoSeems late. The so-called "indicator tree" is in full bloom. I am told that this usually means the rest will reach peak in about 7=10 days.
- ibdf 9y agoJust in time for easter which is when I go to D.C.
- pdabbadabba 9y agoInteresting! I didn't know about the indicator tree.
- Symbiote 9y agoThis is a specific use of phenology, studying animal/plant life cycle events, like flowering time. Since ancient times, people have noticed these events – the first snowdrops show spring, for example – and in the 19th century, some naturalist-nerds started recording the exact dates. This was then a surprise climate change dataset. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenology
- spike021 9y agoThanks for sharing! I've been following a bunch of car enthusiasts from Japan on Instagram, and the past week or so they've begun posting photos of the cherry blossoms. Very cool to visualize the actual progression with a map (since I don't know many of the mentioned areas in the posts, usually).