Monday, August 8, 2011

UC Berkeley Research Links Tree Die-Offs to Climate Change

An interesting idea:

Fungus-related plant diseases are wiping out forests across the world – and new research indicates a similar phenomenon emerged as a result of radical climate change some 250 million years ago. That in turn suggests that scourges such as sudden oak death, Dutch elm disease, and the collapse of eucalyptus stands in Australia could be linked to contemporary climate change.

Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/12YHN)