Fall leaves hang on in warm weather

Halloween is upon us, a time when the rattle of bare trees adds to the spooky atmosphere. Only this year, the trees are not rattling so much and something spookier — climate change — appears to be stalking autumn from New England to North Carolina. Trees everywhere are still strangely in their summer wardrobe of green, and many seem to have little inclination to drop their leaves anytime soon. The reason? September and October have been very warm, and deciduous trees are not in any hurry to put on their fall coat of yellow, orange and red — a sign of a shifting climate, scientists say. “This is as late as I’ve ever seen it,” said Yale University professor Graeme P.

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