Reminds me of one of the more conclusive pieces of evidence that global warming is occurring - the date cherry blossoms flower in Kyoto (https://i.imgur.com/sD4nZuh.png)
It's a cool piece of data because it's been tracked for over 1100 years. We don't have a ton of sources of information like that.
The worst part about this is that the motorcyclists stay out longer and longer until it gets below 10 degrees. I live in the "quiet countryside" and all I hear on the weekends, holidays, and often Monday/Tuesday is over the top loud motorbikes racing past my house.
The past three years have been remarkably hot in some areas.
There is a concept of 残暑, which refers to the remaining heat of the summer. This normally spans the first 10 days of September. For the past three years, at least in 関東 region, the heat now lasts until October. There are exceptions: e.g. in September, when 台風15号 was briefly approaching Kanagawa Pref., it was cloudy and cold enough to wear long-sleeve shirts. Then the next day was the usual summer heat.
Some of my friends now jokingly state "Japan has 4 seasons: rainy season, mid summer, summer, and winter".
We are quite literally baking the planet. First with Bitcoin mining now with AI data centers. I pray that at least the AI datacenters will be allowed to be put to good use instead of BS jobs.
Ai will take over our jobs which makes it so we can’t afford ai which causes ai companies to go belly up which causes the economy to implode thereby saving the planet.
It's a cool piece of data because it's been tracked for over 1100 years. We don't have a ton of sources of information like that.
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