Climate Change
Warming Triggers a Chain Reaction of Disturbance in European Forests
Escalating wildfires, wind damage and insect outbreaks could threaten tourism, water supplies and biodiversity, a new study shows.
Forest disturbance across Europe could more than double by the end of the century with continued global warming, fundamentally reshaping landscapes from the cork oak woodlands of Portugal to ice-etched birch thickets in northern Finland, according to a sweeping new study published Wednesday in the journal Science.
Warming Triggers a Chain Reaction of Disturbance in European Forests