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‘Firmageddon’: Oregon conifers suffer record die-off as climate crisis hits hard

‘Firmageddon’: Oregon conifers suffer record die-off as climate crisis hits hard

More than a million acres of state forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multi-year drought.

Rising temperatures disrupting rainforest photosynthesis.

Study sounds latest warning of rainforest turning into savanna as climate warms

As the planet warms, it isn't just humans who are feeling the heat — trees are too. Rising temperatures are disrupting a primary engine of life on Earth: photosynthesis.

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