Global heating has caused ‘shocking’ changes in forests across the Americas, studies find:

Forests from the Arctic to the Amazon are
transforming at a “shocking” rate due to the climate crisis, with trees
advancing into previously barren tundra in the north while dying off
from escalating heat farther south, scientists have found.

Global
heating, along with changes in soils, wind and available nutrients, is
rapidly changing the composition of forests, making them far less
resilient and prone to diseases, according to a series of studies that
have analyzed the health of trees in north and South America.

Many
areas of forest are now becoming more susceptible to ferocious
wildfires, causing the release of further greenhouse gases from these
vast carbon stores that heat the planet even more. “It’s like humans
have lit a match and we are now seeing the result of that,” said Roman
Dial, a biologist at Alaska Pacific University.

Global heating has caused ‘shocking’ changes in forests across the Americas, studies find: Forests from the Arctic to the Amazon are
transforming at a “shocking” rate due to the climate crisis, with trees
advancing into previously barren tundra in the north while dying off
from escalating heat farther south, scientists have found.Global
heating, along with changes in soils, wind and available nutrients, is
rapidly changing the composition of forests, making them far less
resilient and prone to diseases, according to a series of studies that
have analyzed the health of trees in north and South America.Many
areas of forest are now becoming more susceptible to ferocious
wildfires, causing the release of further greenhouse gases from these
vast carbon stores that heat the planet even more. “It’s like humans
have lit a match and we are now seeing the result of that,” said Roman
Dial, a biologist at Alaska Pacific University.Read More