Wednesday Top of the Scroll: Loss of deep-soil water triggered forest die-off in Sierra Nevada
Between 2012 and 2015, very little rain and snow fell on California. Aquifers shrank and the land dried out. … New research suggests the loss of deep-soil water best explains why the mountain range’s trees were unable to withstand the drought and heatwave.
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