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What a single blueberry bush teaches us about climate change

NPR | By BIANCA GARCIA

Published July 11, 2026 at 7:43 AM EDT

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The nation's oldest continuously operated weather observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, keeps track of a surprising climate indicator: the date the first blueberry ripens.