Climate Warming: French Forests on the Front Line, Tree Mortality More than Doubled in 20 Years
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The mortality of trees in metropolitan France has increased 2.5fold between the last two decades, according to a report by IGN. Droughts, high temperatures, diseases and insects weaken French forests, which nevertheless continue to expand. This degradation slows down the growth of trees and reduces their capacity to absorb CO2. - Despite ever-wider forests, trees die twice as much as 20 years ago in France (Environment).
As a result of climate change, mortality in French forests has increased 2.5-fold over the last two decades, according to the latest assessment by the French Forest Institute.
The French forest is gaining ground but losing vitality. According to IGN, tree mortality has increased 2.5 times in two decades, under the combined effect of climate change, droughts, heat waves and bio-damaging.
The mortality of French forests has been multiplied by 2.5 in 20 years, according to a report published Wednesday 7 October by the IGN. Climate change, scolytes, droughts: trees suffer, threatening France's ability to sequester carbon.
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