Spring arrived early in at least 35 U.S. states this year.
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"Minimum number of U.S. states in which spring arrived early this year : 35 Number of years in a row for which global greenhouse gas emissions have remained stable : 3"
Source: Harper's Index," Harper's Magazine, 334, no. 2005 (2017), 9.