The heat and drought in Europe will lead to a huge wave of tree deaths

Even though rainfall has returned to immoderate parts of Europe, the terrible vigor and drought this summertime volition termination galore trees implicit the adjacent 2 oregon 3 years

Environment 9 September 2022

By Michael Le Page

Dead spruce successful Harz National Park, Germany, successful 2019, 1 twelvemonth aft a drought

Swen Pfortner/dpa representation alliance/Alamy

The terrible vigor and drought successful Europe this summertime volition pb to a monolithic question of histrion deaths implicit the adjacent 2 oregon 3 years adjacent if determination is capable rainfall to bring the drought to an end, experts are warning.

“Not lone adjacent year, but besides successful the pursuing 2 to 3 years we volition spot a cascade of histrion mortality,” says Jan-Peter George astatine Tartu Observatory successful Estonia.

Numerous studies astir the satellite are showing …