The warmth and drought of the past three years have caused many trees to die.
Published: 03/20/2021, 11:00 PM—
–“Climate change is advancing so rapidly that the 100 to 150 year old trees cannot keep up with the change”, says Sabine Braun from the Institute for Applied Plant Biology (IAP).
Photo: Michele Limina
At first the leaves are dry and a few branches are rotten – then the whole tree dies. The result is bare areas, distributed in our forests, where sometimes large clearings are already opening up.
“What has happened in the forests over the past three years is dramatic,” says Sabine Braun from the Institute for Applied Plant Biology (IAP). She has been researching Swiss forests for over 30 years. Nobody knows the current condition of our trees better than they do. On behalf of the cantons, the institute maintains 185 observation areas throughout Switzerland.
