Is spring the new summer?

peakoil.com -> environment.guardian.co.uk :

Following the second warmest winter on record two natural events suggest we have leapfrogged spring and moved straight to summer, a conservation charity said. The trust said sightings of hawthorn flowers and swifts, made by the public as part of the Springwatch survey it runs annually with the BBC, suggest climate change is having an impact on the timing of our seasons. "Spring is the new summer" and "April becomes the new May", a spokesperson said.

Dr Kate Lewthwaite of the Woodland Trust said the exceptionally mild start to the year had prompted the early appearance of these traditional signals of summer. "The timing of the seasons is changing in length and complexity, with the mild winter and warm spring contributing to warmer than average temperatures," she said. "It is an example of how climate change is affecting our wildlife and seasons."

Scientists at Kew Gardens have also noted the affect of climate change on UK plants. They have been monitoring 100 species and have seen that almost all of them have started to flower and fruit early, some by more than a month.

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