In addition to the heat wave, do we see a beginning of fall in the United Kingdom?

It is still hot in many regions of the United Kingdom, but some leaves of trees are becoming yellow and the blackberries are so ripe in the hedges that they taste alcoholic.

London’s advice issued warnings “not staying under the trees” due to the dangers of suddenly decreasing fluffy branches.

What’s going on? Is it still summer, or autumn has already started? And does it count anyway?

There is no formal definition of “early autumn”, but experts say that the signs of the season, like the falling leaves or the apples ready to choose, are in fact to become stressed by the long hot and dry summer.

And a potentially historical to this – the Met Office says that this summer is on the right track to be one of the warmest since the start of the records in 1884.

In Cardiff, Wanda O’Connor cultivated melons outside for the first time since she started cultivating food six years ago.

She shows me ripening files and lemons inside her attribution greenhouse. “It’s 38-39c here,” she said, pointing a thermometer.

Aubergines, red peppers, zucchini and many tomatoes have all prospered in temperatures above average and overtime.

At the same time, classic autumn fruits such as blackberries and apples – normally ready in September – are suspended from the branches.

Environmentalists always collect data on the question of the development of records. The blackberries were seen in London on June 22, according to the Woodland Trust. On the other hand, the sooner in 2024 was July 4 in Southampton – but scientists need more information to be certain of the long -term trend.

For Wanda to Cardiff, it has mean more food to bring home for dinner, but it’s a more difficult job than usual for her to water her plants.

“During a normal year, I will come every three days, but this year, it’s every day. If I don’t, plants will die,” she explains.

Farmers of the United Kingdom have also seen early harvests with certain cultures that struggle in heat, which arouses concerns about food prices.

Last month, the Environment Agency said that northwest of England, Yorkshire, East Midlands and West Midlands were in drought. Certain parts of Wales, including the Cardiff region, have had the driest six months since 1976 and are also in drought.

The United Kingdom has had 71% of average precipitation for the season so far when it should be 79% on that date, according to the Met Office.

And we had 89% of the middle hours of the sun for the summer. The Met Office says that we would touch ourselves 79% at this stage.

Climate change affects the schedules of biological events, including spring and fall, according to the Met Office, although the level of change varies from year to year.

In Wales Botanical Garden in the Carmarthenshire, Luke Cheesman must work harder than usual to keep the garden healthy and attractive for visitors.

He saw signs of stress like trees of trees becoming yellow and falling, and branches falling – therefore alongside additional water, he broke the trees and adds organic matter to the ground to keep it moist. He says it is good advice for those who have plants or trees suffering at home.

“We had three almost consecutive waves of heat. This does not give trees to the trees to recover,” he said.

This is a story similar to Kew Gardens in London, where the chief of trees collections, Kevin Walker, said that the last drought in 2022 killed nearly 460 of his trees – and that he again sees the same stress again.

English oaks lose leaves on the canopy and produce dead wood, he says, and Maple and Magnolias de Norway show signs of stress.

“They throw their leaves and try to sit until next year,” he said, while “Summer Branch Drop” – where trees try to save energy by losing branches – also occurs, which can be dangerous for people nearby.

“It is a quick and fast youth strategy. It can work for an ONE event over 10 years. But instead of a period of drought or stress being an event of one over 10 years, it becomes one or three years,” he said.

But is it important if the fall conditions arrive early?

The Wildlife Trusts says it is a sign of “closure of nature” and that it probably has impacts on winter and next year.

“Some things are not dying, but they do not prosper, they do not grow, they are not photosynthesive. They get into survival mode,” explains Kathryn Brown, director of climate change and evidence in wildlife trust.

“The essential thing is that it makes everything much more chaotic for wildlife,” she said.

Earthworms, which nourish the badgers and hedgehogs, live inside the hard and dry soil, which means that animals may have trouble digging to find them and can have to travel further for food.

Birds will look for fruit like blackberries to “keep them through fall and winter,” she said. But where the harvest arrives early, the birds could be hungry.

The bees also show signs of closing for winter, after flower plants have finished producing pollen and nectar in hot weather. This could leave bees without enough food.

It will take time to resolve the role of climate change in heat waves this year, but scientists are clear that it will have stimulated heat.

“I am very worried about what we already see, and this is just a point that we are going on the much more extreme conditions of conditions,” explains Kathryn.

“Species have evolved to exist in a seasonal cycle. If this cycle decomposes, these species will also decompose. We know that it is a real risk, we will lose huge pieces of nature because of the climatic impacts.”