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Drought’s limited effect on tropical-tree growth—but hotter planet threatens that resilience

Tree-ring samples taken by Paulo Quadri, who earned a Ph.D. in environmental studies from UC Santa Cruz, were included in the study. (Photo by Luz A. de Wit) The top-line findings of a massive ...
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Next-generation vision model maps tree growth at sub-meter precision

RGB imagery of the study area. The position of 3 plots with lidar reference is marked by yellow rectangle. The center of 1,436 plantations with species and age labels is represented by red dots.
La Grande Observer

Study finds old growth trees in Blue Mountains dying at high rate

James Johnston has been studying trees in the Blue Mountains that are older than America, and he’s disturbed by how many trees, after surviving for a few centuries or longer, died during a single ...

Forests under climate stress: Why trees are growing less despite an early start

Climate change is causing trees to sprout earlier in spring. Nevertheless, some tree species are growing less. A study by the ...

Yes, forest trees die of old age. But the warming climate is killing them faster

Across Australia, forests are quietly changing. Trees that once stood for decades or centuries are now dying at an accelerating rate. And this is not because of fire, storms, or logging. The chronic ...