Tens of millions of trees in danger from California drought

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 10:02 in Earth & Climate

California’s forests are home to the planet’s oldest, tallest and most-massive trees. New research from Carnegie’s Greg Asner and his team reveals that up to 58 million large trees in California experienced severe canopy water loss between 2011 and today due to the state’s historic drought. Their results are published in Proceedings of the National […]

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