by Web Editor | Feb 24, 2016 | News, News/PR
Forests nationwide are feeling the heat from increasing drought and climate change, according to a new study by scientists from 14 research institutions. “Over the last two decades, warming temperatures and variable precipitation have increased the severity of...
by Web Editor | Feb 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
Hundreds of thousands of trees died in the historic drought of 2012, and many more will succumb in the next few years, scientists say. “This is just beginning,” says Janna Beckerman, a plant pathologist at Indiana’s Purdue University. “I...
by Web Editor | Aug 6, 2012 | News, News/PR
Western forests could be facing a 100-year drought, turning to scrubland by the end of the century – and taking their ability to soak up carbon with them, according to a new study. The new research, published in Nature Geoscience July 29, suggests the western...
by Web Editor | Jul 16, 2012 | News, News/PR
The blistering summer and ongoing drought conditions have the prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department to declare a federal disaster area in more than 1,000 counties covering 26 states. That’s almost one-third of all the counties in the United States, making it...