Climate Changed
Why Leaf-Peeping Season Is Disappointing This Year
- Carotenoids and anthocyanins not doing their thing in leaves
- November might also be warmer than normal across East Coast
Central Park on Oct. 30.
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Are the autumn leaves drifting by your window? Probably not.
All along the East Coast, from Maine to Virginia, it’s been a balmy fall, without the overnight crispiness that helps produce the panorama of golds and reds that’s typically sketched on many trees this time of year. Some spots, New York’s Central Park among them, are pretty much still seas of summer-like green. Or brown.