Red alert as climate change takes its toll on Scotland

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Scotland is getting wetter and hotter as country is affected by climate change, report says
Nature also under threat
Less pollution of land is one of few positives in report

Key quote "Climate change is leading to changes in temperature, rainfall patterns, snow cover, wind and storm events, flooding and coastal erosion. All of these could have significant impact on Scotland's environment, economy and people." - Scottish Environmental Protection Agency report

SCOTLAND was put on red alert over climate change yesterday, with experts saying it was already responsible for placing endangered species at greater risk, for rising sea levels, major floods and landslides.

And environmental watchdog the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency warned the situation was likely to worsen.

Producing the first ecological audit of the whole country for ten years, SEPA said Scotland would continue to become warmer and wetter and that attempts to stop the decline of endangered species by 2010 would prove "challenging".

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1461342006

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1. Hold on! Let me call James Imhoff in Oklahoma

and run this by him.