A recent study has found that springs may arrive early due to climate change, which in turn might make summers much drier and hotter. Image via New York Times.
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Researchers discover climate change effects earlier springs, drier summers

A collaborative study between researchers at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Beijing's Peking University has found that climate change may be causing springs to arrive earlier, which in turn might lead to a much drier and hotter summer climate in the northern hemisphere, raising maximum summer temperatures by 0.07 Celsius per decade.

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Sun Jan 05 - ScienceNews

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