Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Nov 3, 2023

#ClimateChange is turning swaths of #California's #mountains into #ZombieForests https://phys.org/news/2023-11-climate-swaths-california-mountains-zombie.html

"These lower-elevation Sierra #conifer forests are no longer able to successfully reproduce. Conditions have become too warm and dry to support conifer #saplings."

"It's a really stark reminder of how much #climate change has already occurred, and how important it is to make sure that the amount that occurs in the future is as little as possible"

#ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #Extinction

Climate change is turning swaths of California's mountains into 'zombie forests'

There's something eerie about this forest in the southern Sierra Nevada. Tangles of bony branches obscure the ground. Dead trees stand gray and bristly. An aura of doom hangs over the green conifers that remain.

Phys.org
beSpacificMar 14, 2023
#Stanford led study reveals a fifth of #California #SierraNevada #ConiferForests are stranded in #habitats that have grown too #warm for them. The researchers created #maps showing where #warmer #weather has left #trees in conditions that don’t suit them, making them more prone to being replaced by other species. The findings could help inform long-term #wildfire and #ecosystem #management in #ZombieForests. #ClimateCrisis #GlobalHeating #Wildfires #forests https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/28/zombie-forests/
Zombie forests | Stanford News

The researchers created maps showing where warmer weather has left trees in conditions that don’t suit them, making them more prone to being replaced by other species. The findings could help inform long-term wildfire and ecosystem management in these “zombie forests.”

Stanford News