Changing seasons

[dtalbot]

Over in the food section we are talking about how early this years ripe blackberries are. I guess we are all pretty good at spotting the signs of the changinging seasons like this while we are out and about.
We can use what we see tohelp out research into climate change by recording what we see over at http://www.phenology.org.uk/ . Even if you don't want to put in data its well worth visiting the site.
Cheers
david

 

[Adi007]

Cool! Thanks for that!

I for one am sure we are seeing a shift in climate patterns ... since 1990 we have had 11 of the hottest years on record. This year is really odd though ... the weather patters seem more powerful and energized, leading to wetter, windier weather. What could be driving this more energized pattern? Global warming?

 

[dtalbot]

Cool! Thanks for that!

I for one am sure we are seeing a shift in climate patterns ... since 1990 we have had 11 of the hottest years on record. This year is really odd though ... the weather patters seem more powerful and energized, leading to wetter, windier weather. What could be driving this more energized pattern? Global warming?

Most of the science seems to suggest that global warming will lead to a wetter, wilder, colder Britain as the North Atlantic currents, which give us the far better weather than we have any right to a fifty somthing degrees north, get messed up.
Cheers
David