{"id":430320,"date":"2026-03-10T08:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430320"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:53:03","slug":"cherry-picking-cherry-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=430320","title":{"rendered":"Cherry picking cherry blossoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"430321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=430321\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?fit=2508%2C1672&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2508,1672\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;MATT ROBERGE&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;MATTHEW KIRK ROBERGE PHOTOGRAPHY&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617470143&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;MATT ROBERGE&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cherry blossoms in full bloom in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;MATTHEW KIRK ROBERGE PHOTOGRAPHY&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MATTHEW KIRK ROBERGE PHOTOGRAPHY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2026\/03\/10\/cherry-picking-cherry-blossoms\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/guestauthor47181744466634www-cfact-org\/\">Joe Bastardi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the WAPO:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capital Weather Gang predicts peak bloom of D.C.\u2019s famed Yoshino trees between April 3 and 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So read this paragraph in the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past century, the blossoms\u2019 average peak has shifted about a week earlier \u2014 from April 4 to March 29 \u2014 a change linked to human-caused climate warming. Each of the past six years has seen peak bloom occur before March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There it is in the paragraph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HUMAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heh, how about the warm Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, which naturally means Gulf and western Atlantic temperatures are warmer, which would explain nicely what is going on. We have been in this since 1990s and the other links, like African rainfall and increased hurricane activity, have responded to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same pattern in Africa that John Kerry blamed man-made climate change on to lead to the rise of Boko Haram.\u00a0 I would expect such shallow one-sided ideas out of a climate hack like Kerry, but a reputable Weather Group that does a lot of great work, not even acknowledging the large-scale natural driver like the AMO, it shows an unwillingness to look beyond what you are told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, they cherry-pick the cherry blossoms, actually using a year that they will be late, to make a point about man-made climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because it does not fit the missive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would not mind at all if they just said climate change, because a driver like the AMO&nbsp; is impactful on the climate and does change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And of course, my contribution to the process, the increase in Geothermal input, which certainly has greater impact on warming the oceans and on the transport of water vapor, which in turn helps keep the oceans warmer, than CO2. It also emits CO2, as shown below. After all, why was it so darn warm in 1990? It\u2019s 35 years later. BTW, it got that warm after a record cold December, and about the time, there was a marked increase starting in the geothermal input which preceded the increase in SST, indicating it may very well be the reason SST\u2019s have warmed so much.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"254\" data-attachment-id=\"430324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=430324\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52.png?fit=640%2C254&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,254\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52.png?fit=640%2C254&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52.png?resize=640%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-52.png?resize=300%2C119&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CO2 rise has been steady since the 1950s<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" data-attachment-id=\"430326\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=430326\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-53.png?fit=640%2C459&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,459\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-53.png?fit=640%2C459&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-53.png?resize=640%2C459&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-53.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-53.png?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So why did the oceans take off when geothermal increase began and not when the CO2 rise started<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"172\" data-attachment-id=\"430328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=430328\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-54.png?fit=640%2C172&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,172\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-54.png?fit=640%2C172&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-54.png?resize=640%2C172&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-54.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-54.png?resize=300%2C81&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are they&nbsp;trying to say if the oceans did not warm, temperatures would have warmed anyway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And by the way, look what the outsourcing of CO2 by that warmer AMO and the Atlantic means<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" data-attachment-id=\"430330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=430330\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-55.png?fit=640%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,373\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-55.png?fit=640%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-55.png?resize=640%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-55.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-55.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This and many other charts on CO2 outsourcing are courtesy of True Science PEng, DFP, ADFS, MA, MBA. @socratesccost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since records began in 1921, the earliest peak bloom was March 15 (1990), while the latest was April 18 (1958).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So was it warmer in 1990?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, it was very warm in Jan and Feb 1990 after a frigid December. But the most logical reason is increased SST and increased WV over the past 35 years of the warmer Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, which has been aided by increased Geothermal input.&nbsp; The Mid Ocean spreading zone is in the Atlantic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, while everyone was shivering and yelling Ice Age in the 1970s (which of course they deny now) The late Dr William Gray was saying this shift was coming!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the firing of the climate writers, I guess the Capital Weather Gang had to pick up the slack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s the water vapor, the warming oceans, and there are plenty of natural causes (anyone look at the sun and the lack of clouds over the tropics relative to 50 years ago..duh)the one I bring to light being one of them. And the equation I have used for 20 years rings truer than ever. THE SUN, THE OCEANS, STOCHASTIC EVENTS, AND THE VERY DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM FAR OUTWEIGH. ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT MAN CAN HAVE. Always has and always will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But don\u2019t expect the climate ilk to acknowledge that. It blows their strawman argument out of the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capital Weather Gang predicts peak bloom of D.C.\u2019s famed Yoshino trees between April 3 and 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":430321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691828920,691841281,691829997,691818056,691818087,691834391,691819657],"class_list":{"0":"post-430320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-atlantic-multidecadal-oscillation-amo","9":"tag-capital-weather-gang","10":"tag-carbon-dioxide-co","11":"tag-climate-change","12":"tag-global-warming","13":"tag-sst-sea-surface-temperature-2","14":"tag-water-vapor","16":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0Cherry-blossoms-trees.jpg?fit=2508%2C1672&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1NWE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":372439,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=372439","url_meta":{"origin":430320,"position":0},"title":"Sorry, ABC News, Early Cherry Blossom Bloom Is Due to Urban Heat Island, Not Climate Change","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/28\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"ABC News ran a story this week reporting on the early bloom of the cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C., attributing the early bloom to climate change. This is false. Although the cherry blossom bloom has arrived earlier in recent years, the cause is the population increase in D.C, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"ABC News\"","block_context":{"text":"ABC News","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=abc-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0Jefferson_Memorial_Cherry_Blossoms_Tidal_Basin_Washington_DC.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0Jefferson_Memorial_Cherry_Blossoms_Tidal_Basin_Washington_DC.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0Jefferson_Memorial_Cherry_Blossoms_Tidal_Basin_Washington_DC.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0Jefferson_Memorial_Cherry_Blossoms_Tidal_Basin_Washington_DC.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":224266,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=224266","url_meta":{"origin":430320,"position":1},"title":"WaPo summarizes the climate hoax: \u201cIt\u2019s just a graph, man.\u201d","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/17\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s just a graph and not evidence of anything he said it was.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-805.png?fit=728%2C706&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-805.png?fit=728%2C706&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-805.png?fit=728%2C706&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-805.png?fit=728%2C706&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":410029,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=410029","url_meta":{"origin":430320,"position":2},"title":"No, Washington Post, Climate Change Isn\u2019t Killing Washington, DC\u2019s Trees\u2014Urban Stress Is","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/24\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In The Washington Post\u2019s (WaPo) article, \u201cClimate change is coming for D.C.\u2019s trees, and the city won\u2019t look the same,\u201d the authors claim that climate change is killing off Washington, DC\u2019s tree canopy. 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