Warm Winters

On the Jan 12, 2000 Sightings radio show, ZetaTalk predicted in the Predictions for 2000 that winters warm enough to confuse crops would be experienced as part of the the increasing weather irregularities. By 2001, such reports began.

This from The Times of London:

• Many birds are laying eggs two to three weeks early. Some species have stopped migrating, and others are leaving later than normal.
• Meteorologists have declared this "the strangest autumn in history."
• Scientists believe that in some areas this year's winter may be forgotten altogether, with trees such as oaks keeping their leaves through to spring.
• In Ireland, bluebells are now flowering two weeks earlier than a decade ago.
• Hedgehogs are hibernating for just a few weeks instead of months.
• In Scotland, the number of annual skiers has dropped by almost 50% over the last decade.
• Trees are producing new leaves almost a month earlier than in 1970.

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