As Primroses Bloom And Tadpoles Emerge, Scotland On Track For Warmest Year On Record - BBC

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After a rotten summer Scotland has been enjoying a glorious autumn - and nature's not sure what's going on. The Woodland Trust reports that some plants and animals are behaving as if autumn is spring. It is taking part in a UK-wide project called Nature's Calendar which records seasonal changes which may be related to climate change.

The trust said that, this autumn, primroses have been flowering in Inverness and roses in Perth. There are still live tadpoles in Fife and young newts in Edinburgh. Experts are not sure whether these events, which normally happen in the spring, are really late or exceptionally early.

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WWF Scotland said the latest figures put 2007 on track to be one of the warmest years ever recorded in Scotland. Acting director Dan Barlow said: "The need to scale up action to tackle climate change becomes ever more pressing."

The charity has welcomed some aspects of the Scottish Government's new budget, especially the news that environmental impact will be used to measure many aspects of Scotland's performance.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7102091.stm

[kestrel91316]

1. Those tadpoles and primroses aren't going to survive the very sudden flip

to winter when it finally comes, even if it's mild. There is a REASON why flowers bloom and tadpoles hatch out in spring rather than fall.

This sort of crap is how extinction happens.