Although rain has returned to some elements of Europe, the extreme warmth and drought this summer time will kill many bushes over the subsequent two or three years
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9 September 2022
Lifeless spruce in Harz Nationwide Park, Germany, in 2019, one 12 months after a drought
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The extreme warmth and drought in Europe this summer time will lead to an enormous wave of tree deaths over the subsequent two or three years even when there’s sufficient rainfall to carry the drought to an finish, consultants are warning.
“Not solely subsequent 12 months, but in addition within the following two to 3 years we are going to 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 …
