Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb ...
15 hours ago · Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?
The soil temporarily replaces trees as a carbon sink
1 day ago · During the dry years, Germany’s forests largely lost their function as carbon sinks. Now it has become apparent that the forest soil compensated for almost all of the negative effects during …
Germany's Dying Forests Are Losing Their Ability To Absorb ...
Germany's Harz mountains, once known for their verdant spruce forests, have become a graveyard of skeletal trunks after a bark beetle outbreak ravaged the region starting in 2018 -- an infestation made …
Germany's Dying Forests Are Losing Their Ability To Absorb ...
1 day ago · Germany's Harz mountains, once known for their verdant spruce forests, have become a graveyard of skeletal trunks after a bark beetle outbreak ravaged the region starting in 2018 -- an …
Satellite data for Germany's forests in distress - dlr.de
Sep 23, 2025 · Based on Sentinel and Landsat data, EO Wald shows losses of canopy cover across Germany for the years 2017 to 2024. As a result, scientists can accurately observe changes in the …
Germany’s forests no longer a carbon sink, now net emitters ...
Oct 8, 2024 · Forests across Germany have become a source of carbon dioxide for the first time since records began, that’s the takeaway from a report by the agriculture ministry (BMEL).
Why Germany's dying forests could be good news - DW
Oct 10, 2024 · In the central Harz region, over 90% of spruce trees are dead or dying because of climate change and pests. But there may be a silver lining to these withering landscapes. Driving through the...