From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
By Paul Homewood
h/t Paul Kolk
Newest junk science from the BBC:
Local weather change threatens the well being and survival of city bushes, with greater than half of species already feeling the warmth, in line with a brand new examine.
Metropolis-dwelling oaks, maples, poplars, elms, pines and chestnuts are amongst greater than 1,000 tree species flagged in danger on account of local weather change.
Scientists need higher safety of present bushes and for drought-resistant varieties to be planted.
Timber have cooling results and supply shade, making cities extra habitable.
Many bushes in city areas are already careworn due to local weather change, and because it will get hotter and drier, the variety of species at potential danger will improve, stated Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez of Western Sydney College in Penrith, Australia.
Metropolis and road bushes can enhance bodily and psychological well being, are vital in social integration and might mitigate the results of temperature rises – one thing that hit house throughout the pandemic, he stated.
“All these advantages are primarily supplied by large mature bushes so we have to ensure that what we’re planting immediately will get to that stage the place they will present all these advantages for future generations,” he informed BBC Information.
The researchers used the International City Tree Stock – a database recording greater than 4,000 completely different bushes and shrubs planted in 164 cities in 78 international locations – to evaluate the probably impression of world warming on the bushes planted alongside streets and in parks.
Of the 164 cities analysed, greater than half of tree species are already in danger in some cities on account of rising temperatures and modifications in rainfall. And by 2050, this proportion is predicted to rise to greater than two-thirds.
Local weather danger for species in city areas is especially excessive in cities in tropical areas, and in susceptible international locations similar to India, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.
Within the UK, the researchers checked out 5 cities: Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, London and York.
They discovered that drier climate underneath local weather change is predicted to have a big effect on bushes, significantly in York, London and Birmingham.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/information/science-environment-62928362
Perhaps Ms Briggs would possibly like to clarify the place this “drier climate” is!
https://www.ecad.eu/utils/showindices.php?b72050nfpuklf58nnc809tm4sg
Final time I checked, Kew Gardens was nonetheless very verdant:
And up right here in Yorkshire, I might hardly say we’re turning into the Sahara!
https://www.ecad.eu/utils/showindices.php?b72050nfpuklf58nnc809tm4sg
How a lot does Helen Briggs receives a commission to regurgitate this drivel?
