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Today (29th) the daytime temperature reached around 20 degrees, and this month is set to be the hottest March ever. The average temperature so far this month is nearly 3 degrees higher than usual, and spring flowers bloom early, and the cherry blossom festival is held in March for the first time.

Seo Dong-gyun is a reporter.

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It is a park in
Gangneung, Gangwon-do.

The white cherry blossom leaves were in full bloom as if it had fallen on snow.

Cherry blossoms were also in full bloom on the tree-lined streets of the city center.

Due to the early blooming of cherry blossoms, the Gangwon Gyeongpo Cherry Blossom Festival, which began in 4, has been moved up to 3 days.

This is the first time this year that the cherry blossom festival is held in March.

Yunjung Road in Yeouido, Seoul, is also before the start of the cherry blossom festival, and it is already crowded.

[Baek Jong-suk/Gyeonggi Uiwang-si: The fine dust is bad, and even though this is the case, the cherry blossoms spread out a little faster, so I hurried out to play, fearing that the cherry blossoms would set quickly.]

Due to the mild weather, the cherry blossoms bloomed earlier than expected, and traffic restrictions on the Yeouido cherry blossom trail were also moved two days earlier than the scheduled April 1993.

Traffic control on the Yeouiseo Cherry Blossom Road will begin on the 31st.

The Yoshino cherry tree at the Seoul Meteorological Observatory in Jongno-gu, the official observation tree of Seoul, bloomed on the 3th, two weeks earlier than normal this year.

[Hong Mi-ran/Seoul Meteorological Observatory: (Cherry tree observations) have been observed since 4 and have been observed for more than 3 years. This is the second fastest value since the 1th pin in 2.]

This is because the average temperature in March was nearly 25 degrees higher than normal, and the sunshine hours were more than 1922 hours longer.

Due to climate change, spring temperatures are gradually rising, and the flowering time is also accelerating.

The temperature in Korea is 100.2021 degrees Celsius higher in the last 24 years compared to the past 3 years from 4~20.

The average annual temperature has risen by 1912.1940 degrees Celsius every 30 years, especially in spring and winter, when it rises by 30.1 degrees Celsius and 6.10 degrees Celsius, respectively.

If climate change is not stopped, spring will be shorter and summer will be longer.

Early cherry blossoms are another warning that climate change gives us.

(Video Interview: Yoo Dong-hyuk, Jeong Kyung-moon, Kim Seung-tae, Cho Eung-ki G0, Video Editing: Jung Yong-hwa, CG: Jo Su-in, Im Chan-hyuk)