Is britain turning into the mediteranian?

Question

apperntly someone said britains turning in to mediteranion because its getting hotter in summer plus i have notice the pine trees that grow in cold countries thier leaves have turned orange the grass has turned yellow and ive discovers thease weired plants in my garden that i have never seen before

Answer 1

Yes, but only in summer! Let me explain:

Thanks to global warming, we have had several of the warmest years on record in the past few years. Snowy winters are getting rarer, and species of plants and animals that would otherwise have died of cold in winter are now surviving. Equally, the pine forests that are adapted to colder climates such as the Scottish Highlands will have a harder time of it. The likelihood is that England (not Scotland yet) will have Mediterranean summers within a century.

But not winters! At the moment, Britain and northwest Europe benefit from a warm seawater current called the Gulf Stream, which means we have much milder winters than we would otherwise have - Britain is on the same latitude as Labrador in Canada, and they have ferocious icy winters. The Gulf Stream is part of a much bigger movement of water in the Atlantic Ocean called the Atlantic Conveyor. This is basically a heat pump: icy water is drawn down south from the Arctic, and warm water is pushed north from the Equator.

That's what happens now. But as the world heats up and the amount of icy water lessens, this Atlantic heat pump could switch off, as has happened in prehistoric times. Without the warm Gulf Stream, Britain would have the kind of sub-Arctic winters that parts of Canada and Russia have, while at the same time having Mediterranean summers.

So the short answer to your question is: yes, Britain could well have a Mediterranean climate in under a century, but only in summer. But it could also have much icier winters. And both for the same reason: global warming.

Answer 2

Over time Britain will become hotter; recently we have had the hottest and driest summers on record for consecutive years. Polar Icecaps will melt, floods will sweep the Earth and an overall cooling will then begin, followed by an ice-age. The process will begin again on a loop for years to come. None of this will happen over-night, and definitely not in our lifetimes nor in the lifetime of our children, or our children's children. Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire was once a warm tropical sea. To look at the dry moors now you would never know this.

Today it said 31 degrees in my car on the way home from work, that will explain the yellow grass and the orange pines, try watering your garden (if there isn't currently a water ban in your area) and leave your grass to grow a little longer. Wierd plants in your garden? have a look on the RHS website. If you haven't planted it chances are it is a weed.

Answer 3

There was a news item recently saying we can now grow olive trees here as the climate is sufficiently mild. I still think the wet, windy and cold winters are still way to long!

Answer 4

you could in person-friendly words change into an atheist if one bites you. then you definately could discover the coffin the position that atheist sleeps in the course of the day andchronic a steak by his heart to interrupt the curse.

Answer 5

no, britain is turning into the dump of europe. we just have the fortune of some decent weather for a change.......

Answer 6

yes, Global Warming is certainly on its way

Answer 7

THE ONLY REASON THE GRASSES IS GOIN YELLOW IS BECAUSE THEIR IS A WATER SHORTAGE..

Answer 8

i think it is global warmimg

Answer 9

i wish