Thread: UK Butterflies in 40-year slump. Pesticides presently? Climate changeto come?
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Old December 15th 15, 01:30 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default UK Butterflies in 40-year slump. Pesticides presently? Climatechange to come?
On Tuesday, 15 December 2015 08:25:07 UTC, Dawlish wrote:
Sad, but fits with my observations and counts this summer. This was a poor year, especially for gatekeepers.

http://butterfly-conservation.org/48/news-and-blog.html

Periods of longer summer droughts, likely to be associated with UK climate change this century, may well exacerbate the problem.

Nature August 2015 (actually free to read!!)

http://bit.ly/1ml9ZiZ

Don't worry Paris has now saved the world and the butterfly, unfortunately your are an idiot too far , even for great minds like Harrison Ford and Leonardo ( green yacht boy)
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