Jeju Aewol Gotjawal Ginger Tree Flower, 9 years of flowering, 21 days
The average temperature in the spring of the past 10 years has risen by 0.25℃ compared to the normal year
Korea’s forest’s “ecological clock” is getting faster
Ginger tree flowers of Jeju Aewol Gotjawal.
March 25, 2012 / March 4, 2021 The Ginger Tree at Gotjawal Forest in Aewol, Jeju, which has been observed and recorded by the National Arboretum of the Forest Service since 2012, is the time when the first flowering of that year. This year is 21 days faster than 9 years ago. Azaleas reached spring up to 16 days (average 1.4 days per year) earlier than in 2009. Since 2009, 10 national and public arboretums including Halla Arboretum have 18 forests nationwide, including Baekunsan Mountain in Gangwon, Soribong, Surisan, Chukryeongsan, Yongmunsan, Chungbuk Songnisan, Gyeryongsan, Gyeryongsan, Gyeongbuk Juwangsan, Jirisan and Geumwonsan, Jeonnam Wolchulsan, and Hallasan Mountain 1100 Road in Jeju. Ginger trees and rhododendrons, which were selected as samples, are being observed and predicted about the flowering time. Temperature, altitude, precipitation, and the time of autumn leaves in the previous year are reflected in predicting the flowering time.
Ginger tree flowers at Aewol Gotjawal, Jeju
The reason for the prolonged flowering period of ginger trees and rhododendrons is that the National Arboretum is highly related to the average spring temperature. In fact, over the past 10 years, the average temperature in the spring season (March-May) in Korea has risen by 0.25℃ compared to the normal year. It means that the’ecological clock’ of Korean forests has been getting faster. Dr. Son Seong-won of the National Arboretum said, “There is a cautious part in judging climate change as the spring flower flowering period that has been confirmed for 10 years, but it is true that it is not irrelevant to the rise in temperature on the Korean Peninsula.” Professor Soo-jong of Seoul National University, who participated in the study, also said, “The change in flowering time means that the time when plants absorb carbon from the atmosphere is accelerated beyond the change of the ecology of plants due to climate change. He pointed out the necessity of securing basic data on Korean forests in order to reach them.” Carbon neutrality is the concept of reabsorbing the emitted carbon dioxide and making the actual emission zero.
Ginger Tree Flowers at Aewol Gotjawal, Jeju
Since the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which entered into force in 2016, with the content of stepwise reduction in greenhouse gas emissions so that the global average temperature does not rise above 2℃ compared to the pre-industrial level, 121 countries have joined the ‘2050 Carbon Neutral Target Climate Alliance’. Recently, major countries such as the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Japan have declared carbon neutrality, and awareness of the seriousness of climate change is spreading around the world. Korea also passed the’Resolution Calling for Emergency Response to the Climate Crisis’ in the National Assembly aiming to be carbon neutral in 2050, but specific implementation plans are lacking. The ginger tree, which blooms rapidly every year like a broken clock, seems to remind us of the reality of global warming that is coming with a quick step. How will we answer today’s warnings from the Earth? By Jeju/Park Jong-sik, staff reporter [email protected]
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