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Trees still affected by 1976 drought

2013-07-24 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The sizzling summer of 1976 caused permanent changes to British forests, new research suggests. Scientists found that the long dry spell that year - the UK's most intense drought between 1914 and 2006 - killed off many drought-sensitive beech trees. Growth of the trees is still restricted more than 30 years later, a study in the journal Functional Ecology said. The more drought-tolerant Sessile Oak survived better and is now dominating the beech. The scientific work was carried out at...

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