Notices by Denise G (denisegutzmer@ieji.de)

The spring leaf index anomaly as of March 14. Trees are leafing out quite a bit early across large parts of the U.S.
#spring

You really can die of sadness, and also happiness

Dying of a broken heart was just a figure of speech until 2002 when the condition takotsubo cardiomyopathy was discovered. It was quickly dubbed "broken heart syndrome".

One can also die of an excess of happiness. And it is the same condition: #takotsubocardiomyopathy. Naturally, it's being called "happy heart syndrome".

#brokenheartsyndrome

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-07-die-sadness-happiness.html

Snow has been relatively scarce in the eastern U.S.

"From southern Virginia to New York City, nearly two years have elapsed since the last time an inch or more of #snow fell on a calendar day. In several locations, the #snowdrought is the longest on record. The lack of snow has occurred during abnormally warm winters and amid a trend toward declining amounts of snow — both probable consequences of human-caused climate change."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/11/28/snow-drought-mid-atlantic-northeast/

How to get up early