Trees ‘remember’ wetter times − never having known abundant rain could buffer today’s young forests against climate change
- Written by Alana Chin, Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology, Cal Poly Humboldt
Trees killed by drought and an outbreak of bark beetles in California's Tahoe National Forest in 2023.AP Photo/Godofredo A. VásquezWhat does the future hold for forests in a warmer, drier world? Over the past 25 years, trees have been dying due to effects of climate change around the world. In Africa, Asia, NorthAmerica, South America and Eu...