What would the effect on vegetation in the UK be if global warming soared?

Question

I was wondering, grass would continue to grow at a steady pace, but what of the Deciduous trees? Would they perish?

I'm just thinking if the temperature were to rise at least 5 C

Answer 1

Deciduous trees would thrive, as would most vegetation.  A longer growing season would mean more production of a wider variety of fruits and vegetables.  But don't expect anything so drastic as 5 degrees.  Warming and cooling cycles have always been and will always be.  The calamity pimps conveniently omit from their stories anything that might contradict them, including how at one time in the past, Greenland was green and not ice-covered.

Answer 2

Nearly a month ago i read an article about global warming in some British geographical magazine and found that provided the temperature rose at least 5 C climate in the UK would become dry and hot enough to enable Mediterranean vegetation to grow in south-eastern England and temperate evergreen forests to cover rest of Britain and all Ireland. That means no present-day vegetation like deciduous forests and meadows in lowlands and tundra-like vegetation in northern highlands of Scotland will be found. The same can be stated about animals which inhabit these ecosystems: they will just perish without an exit to escape from the islands to colder climatic zones situated northwards.

Answer 3

Palm trees sprouting up in Abergavenny.

Answer 4

You'd be able to grow grapes and make wine like they used to before the little Ice Age. Climate change isn't new.

Answer 5

I worked in Ecuador and there are many hard wood trees and it didn't bother them at all. Yes they still lost there leaves but I could not correlate the time. If plants have plenty of CO2 ,and water ,and warmth they will grow fast.

Answer 6

It would be green, green, green! Go green!

Plants love a warm climate and lots of CO2, which is what they breathe. Notice the lovely jungles in the tropics and distinct lack of them in polar regions.

But, don't get your hopes up. Global warming stopped in 1998, when the Pacific Decadal Oscillation started its cooling phase.

Also, in 2007 the sun entered a phase of low activity that is expected to cause a period of global cooling that will last about 23 years.

Answer 7

If you truly want an answer to this you should research the environmental charities' websites, try the RSPB for starters.