What Is Spring?
It's the first day of spring, which means longer days, warmer weather, and the advent of flowers blooming. In this DNews video, Trace has the lowdown on what signals the changing of the seasons, plus the nifty way flowers know this intuitively! Read More: "Why Spring Begins Early This Year" http://www.space.com/20279-spring-begins-early-2013.html "Lately, around this time of year, I often get letters from people wondering why spring begins early this year." "Everything you need to know: Vernal or spring equinox 2013" http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-vernal-or-spring-equinox "The March equinox signals the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere." "The Sun in the sky during the Spring and Fall Equinox in the Northern hemisphere." http://solar.physics.montana.edu/ypop/Classroom/Lessons/Sundials/equinox.html "The Sun is at its lowest path in the sky on the Winter Solstice. After that day the Sun follows a higher and higher path through the sky each day until it is in the sky for exactly 12 hours." "First Day Of Spring 2013: Vernal Equinox Comes On March 20" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/first-day-of-spring-2013_n_2885044.html "At 7:02 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 20, the sun will cross directly over the Earth's equator during a moment known as the vernal equinox when both day and night are about equal -- also the official start of the new season." "How Flowers Know Spring Has Sprung" http://www.livescience.com/987-flowers-spring-sprung.html "A 10-year-old, 5-foot tall tropical corpse plant in Brooklyn flowered for the first time last week, emitting its powerful stench for three days." DNews is a show about the science of everyday life. We post two new videos every day of the week. Watch More: http://www.youtube.com/dnewschannel Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWQYUVCpZqtN93H8RR44Qw?sub_confirmation=1 DNews Twitter https://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni Twitter: https://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green Twitter https://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez Twitter https://twitter.com/trace501 DNews Facebook http://www.facebook.com/DNews DNews Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/106194964544004197170/posts DNews Website http://discoverynews.com/
It's the first day of spring, which means longer days, warmer weather, and the advent of flowers blooming. In this DNews video, Trace has the lowdown on what signals the changing of the seasons, plus the nifty way flowers know this intuitively! Read More: "Why Spring Begins Early This Year" http://www.space.com/20279-spring-begins-early-2013.html "Lately, around this time of year, I often get letters from people wondering why spring begins early this year." "Everything you need to know: Vernal or spring equinox 2013" http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-vernal-or-spring-equinox "The March equinox signals the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere." "The Sun in the sky during the Spring and Fall Equinox in the Northern hemisphere." http://solar.physics.montana.edu/ypop/Classroom/Lessons/Sundials/equinox.html "The Sun is at its lowest path in the sky on the Winter Solstice. After that day the Sun follows a higher and higher path through the sky each day until it is in the sky for exactly 12 hours." "First Day Of Spring 2013: Vernal Equinox Comes On March 20" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/first-day-of-spring-2013_n_2885044.html "At 7:02 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 20, the sun will cross directly over the Earth's equator during a moment known as the vernal equinox when both day and night are about equal -- also the official start of the new season." "How Flowers Know Spring Has Sprung" http://www.livescience.com/987-flowers-spring-sprung.html "A 10-year-old, 5-foot tall tropical corpse plant in Brooklyn flowered for the first time last week, emitting its powerful stench for three days." DNews is a show about the science of everyday life. We post two new videos every day of the week. Watch More: http://www.youtube.com/dnewschannel Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWQYUVCpZqtN93H8RR44Qw?sub_confirmation=1 DNews Twitter https://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni Twitter: https://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green Twitter https://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez Twitter https://twitter.com/trace501 DNews Facebook http://www.facebook.com/DNews DNews Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/106194964544004197170/posts DNews Website http://discoverynews.com/