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California drought putting many trees at risk

2016-01-02 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environmental News Network: California's forests are home to the planet's oldest, tallest and most-massive trees. New research from Carnegie's Greg Asner and his team reveals that up to 58 million large trees in California experienced severe canopy water loss between 2011 and today due to the state's historic drought. Their results are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition to the persistently low rainfall, high temperatures and outbreaks of the destructive bark beetle increased forest...

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