The Joy of Forest Death

This resin-oozing stump of a tree, some 50 years old, on the R.A.D. path leading to the summit of Mount Olsberg has been ‘decorated’ by thoughtless hikers. Gallows humour.

February 2008 (Hans Martin Köster)

#Olsberg #RADWegOlsberg #Kyrill #Tree #TreeStump #Forest #HurricaneKyrill #ForestDieback #ClimateChange #GallowsHumour #Nature #Baum #Baumstumpf #Forst #OrkanKyrill #Waldsterben #Klimawandel #Galgenhumor #Natur #Wald

Chapel on the rock

Until a few years ago, the Chapel of St. Mary in Gevelinghausen stood in a dense spruce forest, which has fallen victim to the effects of climate change.

Febuary 2026 (@chris)

#Olsberg #Gevelinghausen #Sauerland #Hochsauerland #Winter #Marienkapelle #Elpetal #Chapel #SaintMary #SaintMaryChapel #Forest #Spruce #Snow #ForestDieback #ClimateChange #View #Horizon #Clouds #Kapelle #HeiligeMaria #Wald #Fichten #Schnee #Waldsterben #Klimawandel #Aussicht #Horizont #Wolken #UAV

Forest dieback, often related to #ClimateChange, is increasing in many parts of the world, and there is an urgent need to develop an efficient large-scale monitoring system of forest health, to improve forest management.
This study by Carletti et al 2025, based on a combination of satellite and ground level observations, will allow to improve detection of forest dieback, with a species specific calibration, and can therefore be used to produce high-resolution dieback maps at species levels and thus monitor dieback trends over time.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22797254.2025.2547386#d1e1030

#AcademicChatter #BioDiversity
#ForestManagement #Forests #Forestry
#ForestHealth #ForestDieback #ForestDynamics #ForestMonitoring