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Spring in the United States comes ten days sooner than it did just 20 years ago, according to scientists on a media call Tuesday.\u00a0\u00a0 This phenomenon, known as “spring creep” (or “season creep<\/a>“), may be good news for flip-flop fans, but it doesn’t always work out well for native species in certain habitats.\u00a0 According to Reuters<\/a>, scientists on the call (which was sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists<\/a>) explained that when spring comes earlier, it doesn’t just bring warm weather sooner — it actually throws off the balance of entire ecosystems by encouraging the spread of invasive species, many of which are better able to adapt to the changing conditions than are native plants and animals.\u00a0 In the American West, warmer weather is already shrinking the habitat of the American pika<\/a>, and more of it could make wildfires more frequent and intense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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