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New 'lookouts' for climate changeNew 'lookouts' for climate change
| Quote: | Corries high in the Scottish mountains are to become "lookout posts" in an effort to better monitor the effects of climate change.
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is leading the Snowbed Project which will attempt to uncover evidence of warming temperatures on fauna and flora.
Corries are large circular, hollow depressions on a mountainside.
Climate change models predict a decrease in the amount of snow on the mountains into the summer.
SNH said observations had shown these snow patches had been smaller and shorter lived in the past 10 years than in the preceding 25.
Survey sites will be established in the Cairngorms and on Aonach Mor, Ben Dearg, Ben Alder and Ben Wyvis.
Backed by the Scottish Government, the project will investigate the effects of less snow and warmer conditions on plants such as moss and liverwort, and impacts further up the food chain on birds such as snow bunting. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7460879.stm
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