The 2012-2015 drought resulted in widespread tree mortality in the southern Sierra Nevada. Photo by Margot Wholey In a paper published in...
600 years of tree rings reveal past climate extremes in California
An interdisciplinary collaboration used 600 years of tree rings from the San Joaquin Valley to reconstruct plausible daily records of...
Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them?
The Windy Fire burns in Sequoia National Forest in September 2021. Noah Berger / AP Photo California’s ancient sequoias —...
Forests Near or Far Can Protect Water for Cities
Near or far, forests — like this one at the edge of Hong Kong — affect the movement, quality and...
Water, not temperature, limits global forest growth as climate warms
Chart: The growth of forest trees in temperate and boreal regions became more limited by water rather than temperature as...