Climate change - consequences and implications

Impacts around Scotland

There is now an overwhelming scientific consensus that the earth is warming, and that the degree of recent changes can be explained only by the effect of human activities. In Scotland there is evidence of changes with relative sea level rise affecting parts of the coast, maximum and minimum peak river flows increasing, average air and sea surface temperatures increasing, and species distributions changing.

Find out more in this monthly guide to the consequences and impacts of climate change in Scotland.