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'Chaos' for UK nature, as rising temperatures and extreme weather become the 'new norm'
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Rising average temperatures, changing seasons and increasingly unpredictable weather is causing “chaos” for UK nature, the National Trust has found.
The charity’s annual report paints a bleak picture as climate change alters seasons, impacting both wildlife and trees and plants.
An area in Dorset saw 15 years of erosion in one day, as high winds and waves battered southern England’s shoreline.
Animals are suffering, with hibernators like dormice waking up earlier, meaning they use more energy than they would normally, and red deer rutting later in the year, resulting in calves being born in the summer instead of spring - so they lose time to grow and put on fat for the winter.
The report also noted that some shrubs have been budding early, exposing them to cold snaps while depriving insects of nectar in the summer, and tree pests such as the oak processionary moth are spreading north from their traditional home in the Mediterranean.
"We were just 1,000 miles away from experiencing a second year of serious drought and record-breaking temperatures which would have had huge consequences for nature, people and food production.
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