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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Autumn seems to come later these days – is the climate crisis to blame?

Autumn arrives in Stourhead, Wiltshire. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
Autumn arrives in Stourhead, Wiltshire. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Wire Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

I’ve noticed that trees begin turning colour much later in autumn in recent years, and don’t begin to drop their leaves until late October or November. Our mulberry tree was always “last to come, first to go” but not in recent years; the apple trees are later too. Is this another aspect of the climate emergency? Has anyone else noticed this?

Jill Bennett, St Albans, Herts

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