More than a million acres of state forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multi-year drought
Scientists have discovered a record number of dead fir trees in Oregon, in a foreboding sign of how drought and the climate crisis are ravaging the American west.
A recent arial survey found that more than a million acres of forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multi-year drought. Images released by the US forest service show Oregon’s lush green expanses dotted with ominous swathes of red.
(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/15/oregon-dead-fir-trees-conifers-climate-crisis