With all the discussion about global climate change effects, new research shows that another kind of climate is an important factor in regional pinyon pine tree
recovery after drought events — the microclimate.
Not exact matches
The researchers performed a series of experiments before, during and
after the
drought to test how pressures from heavy grazing by crabs — the main natural enemy of plants in the protected marshes — affected resilience to and
recovery from the
drought.
As the database grows and contributors add photos season
after season, a clearer snapshot of what
drought and
recovery look like should begin to emerge.
Analyzing about 500 wells and the Gravity
Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) estimated storage, the authors showed a continued depletion of groundwater lasting a full year
after drought; this phenomenon was not observed in earlier records before the 21st century.
Trees and plants across the world are increasingly in «
recovery mode»
after a
drought, a new study says, and they're taking longer to bounce... Read More
Recovery is slower when conditions after a drought are unusually warm, the study notes, which suggests that recovery times will get longer as global temperatur
Recovery is slower when conditions
after a
drought are unusually warm, the study notes, which suggests that
recovery times will get longer as global temperatur
recovery times will get longer as global temperatures rise.
The research, published in Nature, maps how much of the Earth's vegetation is recovering
after a
drought and how
recovery times have changed since 1901.
New research shows forests are slow to recover from
droughts, and climate models that overlook
recovery time are likely overestimating how much carbon forests can absorb
after droughts.