<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Early Spring Update In&nbsp;DC]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Climate experts tell us that global warming brings an early spring and early cherry blossoms to DC.</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="74619" data-permalink="https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/early-spring-update-in-dc/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20/" data-orig-file="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20.jpg" data-orig-size="617,514" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="ScreenHunter_03 Apr. 05 06.20" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20.jpg?w=617" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-74619" alt="ScreenHunter_03 Apr. 05 06.20" src="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20.jpg?w=617&#038;h=514" width="617" height="514" srcset="https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20.jpg 617w, https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20.jpg?w=150&amp;h=125 150w, https://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/screenhunter_03-apr-05-06-20.jpg?w=300&amp;h=250 300w" sizes="(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/04/04/record-cold-this-morning-cherry-blossoms-shivering-but-surviving/">Record cold this morning, cherry blossoms shivering but surviving</a></p></blockquote>
<p>In 1946, the trees had bloomed by March 15.</p>
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<p><a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F9xYAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=dTwDAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=3069,2776692&amp;dq=cherry+blossoms&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ludington Daily News </a></p></blockquote>
<p>Thanks to global warming, the trees are blooming three weeks later than they did seven decades ago.</p>
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