Climate Change and British Wildlife

BY TREVOR BEEBEE, BLOOMSBURY WILDLIFE, £38

It seems we live in a time of great upheaval, but no development is more uncertain than that of climate change. In this comprehensive, cautiously toned but scrupulously fact-based book, Trevor Beebee attempts to make sense of its hydra-headed impacts. While he acknowledges that warmer conditions have encouraged the spread of numerous species – wasp spider, tree bumblebee and long-winged conehead, for instance – ultimately, Beebee concludes, climate chaos adds layers of stress to our beleaguered countryside.