More than eight million trees lost this winter in the UK

BBC News ^ | February 16, 2022 | By Claire Marshall

[Oldeconomybuyer]

It is the untold story of the winter storms. More than eight million trees have been brought down and many are now threatened by another two named storms bearing down on Britain.

Forest managers warn that already "catastrophic" damage will be made worse by Storms Dudley and Eunice.

There are warnings that the heating climate is making our weather more severe and unpredictable, and that management and planting strategies must adapt more quickly.

Forest ranger Richard Tanner says that he's never seen a real battlefield, but the west shore of Windermere now reminds him of photographs he has seen.

"It looks like someone's set off a bomb."

"Climate change means that storms normally only seen in north-east Scotland are now hitting Northumberland and right across to Cumbria."

He says that woods that were "firm and safe" are now getting blown over.

"We are now seeing damage to woods that have been here for generations that can't handle the new storm issues we are having."

[Skwor]

How’s that globull worming working out for you Britain?

[Skwor]

warming

[Baldwin77]

Um, I think they’ll grow back.

[BobL]

“More than eight million trees lost this winter in the UK”

It shouldn’t be very hard to find them. I couldn’t hide one tree, much less 8 million of them.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

One observes the “war” metaphors. Bombs and battlefields. Such is the way of marketing. Be afraid. Very afraid. And send more money.

[Singermom]

If the government gets rid of fossil fuels there will be NO trees because people will burn them to stay warm. So we will have fossil fuels IN THE GROUND but have to burn trees to stay warm. Biden and the dems are idiots So is Greta what’s her face. That 12 year old who knows EVERYTHING about global warming. Does she ever smile. She is the angriest person I have ever seen. Sad really.

[HYPOCRACY]

The Ents are coming.

[moovova]

😎👍

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "The Ents are coming."

I am sure you are making that up. They are the "vary-ents," more likely.

[Brian Griffin]

The British news has many stories on Brits unable to keep warm.

[EEGator]

“Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn…”

[BitWielder1]

Every tree will fall eventually.
We have two choices, either cut it down beforehand and make use of it or not.

If a specific tree species typically lives 100 years, on average 1% will die every year. That's how it works.
Storms will take the old, weak and poorly rooted trees first. That's also how it works.

[ClearCase_guy]

Cold in the winter.
Hot in the summer.

This climate change will kill us all.

[dfwgator]

“It looks like someone’s set off a bomb.”

Somebody set up us the bomb.

[READINABLUESTATE]

Only the strong survive. Don’t mess with mother nature, She knows what she’s doing.

[NautiNurse]

Lots of firewood to sustain warmth during the LNG shortage.

To everything...there is a season...

[T.B. Yoits]

They should have planted palm trees in response to the Globull Warming.

[bray]

Communists never let a warm body go to waste. Even if it is a tree.

[OttawaFreeper]

I recall one day (back in about May 2020) being at my parents’ place and they had the BBC News on and the woman newscaster was going on about the possibility of the worst economic recession in 100 years happening. Even though I did not wish to aggravate or upset my parents, but I privately shook my head in disbelief about how people can honestly listen to dreck like that from that outlet day in and day out.