Sentences with phrase «dying trees continue»

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The greatest drought in the nation's history continued last week to blight the lives of people throughout a vast region in the central and southwestern part of the U.S., bringing withered crops, emaciated cattle, dead or dying trees, waterless streams and the decimation of wildlife.

On this blustery June day, for Hessl to continue her scientific sleuthing, she needs access to a specific sort of research site, one where trees that died hundreds of years ago have been preserved without rotting or insect infestation.

As the climate continues to warm and produce more severe droughts, fires and tree die - off events across the western United States, the potential for widespread vegetation - type conversion is becoming increasingly plausible.

For example, certain species of beetle that usually die off each winter are now able to survive and continue feeding on trees.

Around 41,000 square miles of forest with 888 million trees had measurable losses of canopy water in the last four years, and if the drought continues, 58 million of the worst - affected trees will likely die, they note.