Drought, Heatwaves: Should We Be Worried About the Trees?
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'The current drought and heatwave will have long-term consequences for France's forests'
Nathalie Bréda, a specialist at INRAE in how trees respond to climate stress, explains in an interview with Le Monde how the metabolism of trees is being disrupted under the extreme conditions France is experiencing.
Droughts combined with heatwaves force trees to activate their survival mechanisms. Increasingly longer, more intense, and more frequent, these heatwaves can lead them into a "downward spiral of decline." Sources of oxygen, natural islands of coolness, carbon sinks… Trees are our allies in the face of climate change and its effects. But they are also affected. The damage is visible around us: even in the middle of August, the woods… Read more In…
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