ClimateProgress: For many, the winters we remember from childhood are becoming just that: memories. Winters record warmth in recent years - especially the shockingly high temperatures during the first months of 2016 - has become a frightening harbinger of a world to come.
Along with shorter and warmer winters, many areas also are experiencing earlier-than-normal springs, or "false springs, and sporadic hot summer-like days, a climate pattern that can produce chaos with the Earths ecosystems.
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