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 Threat to forests [1]

global warming is threatening large tracts of ancient Caledonian pine forests. Coastal meadows, mountain birds, flowers and insects may also come under threat, and the Scottish weather could get wetter, windier and more miserable than it is now. This was stated in a report commissioned by the Scottish Natural Heritage ( snh ), a government-run conservation body.

It asked researchers at the institute of Terrestrial Ecology in Huntingdon and Banchory to look at what climate change will mean for Scotland's environment. The scientists estimated a 1.8

Publication Date: 
14/05/1999
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Forests [3], Climate Change [4], Global Warming [5], Flora [6], Fauna [7], United Kingdom (UK) [8]
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