Climate expert Chris Field discussed winter quarter’s heavy rainfall with The Daily, attributing it to climate change and meteorological cycles. The weather downed trees, knocked out power and filled the lake.
The researchers created maps showing where warmer weather has left trees in conditions that don’t suit them, making them more prone to being replaced by other species. The findings could help inform long-term wildfire and ecosystem management in these “zombie forests.”
Earth Systems professors explain the reason behind the relentless rainstorms that greeted students at the start of winter quarter and how the atmospheric river…
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