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Mar 19, 2024 5:44 AM CDT

Our Spring Equinox Is Arriving

The astronomical season begins at 11:06pm Eastern

(Newser) - Spring is upon us—officially, at least. The vernal equinox arrives on Tuesday night, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere. For the record, the equinox will occur at 11:06pm Eastern, per CBS News . The Southern Hemisphere will usher in autumn, per USA Today . Beyond...

This Will Be the
Earliest Spring
in Your Lifetime

Mar 18, 2016 6:57 AM CDT

This Will Be the Earliest Spring in Your Lifetime

It arrives this weekend, along with snowstorm on East Coast

(Newser) - Residents of the Northeast are expecting a snowstorm this weekend, but they can warm themselves with one thought: It's spring. The new season officially arrives at 12:30am EDT on Sunday, March 20, notes the Old Farmer's Almanac . And as EarthSky points out, this happens to be the...

Each Year, Spring
Is a Tiny Bit Shorter

Mar 23, 2015 2:10 PM CDT

Each Year, Spring Is a Tiny Bit Shorter

Don't worry, you're only missing half a minute

(Newser) - Prepare for a spring that's about 30 seconds shorter than last year's, which was 30 seconds shorter than the one before. The changing length of the season is related to the tilt of the Earth's axis, LiveScience reports. It's a matter of what's known as...

Groundhog Day:
Phil Predicts Early Spring

Feb 2, 2013 7:21 AM CST

Groundhog Day: Phil Predicts Early Spring

Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow

(Newser) - It's Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring. The Pennsylvanian did not see his shadow in Gobbler's Knob this morning, according to the "Inner Circle" that runs the ceremony. No word yet from rivals Staten Island Chuck in New York, General Beauregard Lee in Atlanta,...

US Has Hottest Spring Ever

Jun 8, 2012 6:05 AM CDT

US Has Hottest Spring Ever

It was 5 degrees above average

(Newser) - It's been the hottest spring ever in the contiguous US—by far: The months of March, April, and May clocked in at two degrees warmer than the previous record. With an average temperature of 57.1 degrees, it was five degrees hotter than the average spring. At 64.3...

Earliest Spring
Since 1896 Is Here

Mar 20, 2012 5:47 AM CDT

Earliest Spring Since 1896 Is Here

Vernal equinox brings early first day of spring

(Newser) - Spring has sprung at its earliest in more than a century. At 1:14am EDT today, the sun's path across the sky intersected with the celestial equator, marking the spring equinox and the start of springtime—in an astronomical sense—in the northern hemisphere, and the beginning of fall...

Birth Defects May Be
Tied to Pesticide Levels

Apr 6, 2009 2:52 PM CDT

Birth Defects May Be Tied to Pesticide Levels

(Newser) - Babies conceived between April and July—the period when surface-water concentrations of pesticides are at their highest—run an increased risk of having a birth defect, Reuters reports. “Our study didn't prove a cause and effect link,” the lead researcher said, but “the fact that birth defects...

Clock Switch
May Be Good
for Ticker

Oct 30, 2008 5:30 AM CDT

Clock Switch May Be Good for Ticker

Heart attacks dip after clocks fall back

(Newser) - Does turning clocks back in the autumn and forward in spring affect the risk of heart attack? New research suggests it may. Scientists found a 5% drop in heart attacks the day after clocks are changed in the fall, but discovered a 5% increase when clocks are moved ahead in...