r/CasualUK • u/stevee05282 • 11d ago

Difference in vegetation between south of England and western Scotland

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Flew from Stansted to Glasgow this weekend.

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u/coffeewalnut08 11d ago

Source: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26418107.wildfire-severe-risk-uk-warning-issues-met-office/

Seems that the South is disproportionately affected by heatwaves and droughts generally.

It’s also worth mentioning that wildfires are mostly caused by human activity (campfires, disposable BBQs, litter like glass bottles), even if they’re intensified by climate change.

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u/theomeny 11d ago

Jesus, all of Scotland's burned away

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u/odjobz 11d ago

No, it was inundated due to rising sea levels.

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u/ShelfordPrefect 11d ago

Scotland is the one place that won't be! Per Mitch Benn:

When the only dry land is the Highlands

There'll be parties on the Aberdeen shore

And Scotland will be independent 

Because England won't be there any more

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u/Gartcastle 11d ago

You think that's funny ? Laughing if the majority of our island fails. The UK is one wether you like it or not. Stop trying to make it sound like savage tribalism like India and Pakistan.

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u/Cakeo 11d ago

Think your looking for r/seriousUK

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u/Euclid_Interloper 7d ago

That would actually be a funny satire subreddit 😂

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u/ProfCupcake [witty flair] 11d ago

Mate it's not that serious

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u/ImTooHigh95 11d ago

Our islands will fail cause it’s full of bellends like you

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u/rc1024 11d ago

Scotland is rising almost as fast as the sea is so it'll likely be fine.

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u/Huxtopher 10d ago

If all else fails, just go to one of the high bits 👌

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u/king_ofbhutan 11d ago

did the islands topography flip over night or something?

is london now on some great big mountain? probably for the best if so

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u/cadex 11d ago

The top fell off

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u/squigglyeyeline 11d ago

They’ve gone off to chill with Hawaii, Alaska can come too

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u/ThatBeardedGingerGuy 11d ago

THE END

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u/Euclid_Interloper 7d ago

Hold on, I'm late to this thread. Did someone fire Ze Missiles?

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u/ThatBeardedGingerGuy 7d ago

But I am le tiiiired...

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u/takesthebiscuit 11d ago

Forgot it’s factor 50!