More indicators of earlier spring

Mentioned in passing; another study has found evidence that spring is arriving early, based on the budding of flowers in Ohio.

Budding research links climate change and earlier-flowering plants

I guess it doesn't matter what the thermometers and weather stations indicate (or don't) if nature is pointing in the direction that climate is going.
Well, actually it does -- it verifies the consistency of the trend we're feeling now and makes it more worrisome when regarding projections into the future.