Some of the Lab’s most recent work has focused on drought risk in California and tree recovery after drought. A 2015 study by Park Williams (above, shown on another project in Ethiopia) found that excess heat as temperatures warm was damaging trees’ ability to store carbon and their survival. Photo courtesy of Park Williams
Park Williams in Ethiopia
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