Although rain has returned to some components of Europe, the extreme warmth and drought this summer time will kill many timber over the following two or three years
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9 September 2022
Useless spruce in Harz Nationwide Park, Germany, in 2019, one 12 months after a drought Swen Pfortner/dpa image alliance/Alamy
The extreme warmth and drought in Europe this summer time will lead to an enormous wave of tree deaths over the following two or three years even when there’s sufficient rainfall to convey the drought to an finish, consultants are warning.
“Not solely subsequent 12 months, but additionally within the following two to 3 years we’ll see a cascade of tree mortality,” says Jan-Peter George at Tartu Observatory in Estonia.
Quite a few research all over the world are exhibiting …
