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Publication Date January 30, 2017 | Southern California Public Radio

New map IDs epicenter of Sierra Nevada tree mortality

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The researchers looked specifically at how much water stress trees were experiencing, something that is determined by how hot and dry it is. When they ran their analysis, they found tree mortality was substantially higher in hotter, drier areas.

 

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