Early defoliation, leaf browning and wilting and shedding of green leaves in Switzerland (Jura) and Southern Germany (Black Forest) - beech but also cherry and maple affected - heat and drought stress - and no rain forecasted for the next weeks. This is not unexpected - this is climate change!

Warm, wet springs may raise tree death risk, not just drought. French forest data indicate favorable early growth can leave some trees, especially tall ones, more vulnerable when later dry conditions arrive. doi.org/hb9nzf

🌳How close are tropical forests to their photosynthetic limit? Our new paper highlights the vulnerability of these ecosystems to further warming and the importance of accurately representing canopy temperature. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

Original Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🍁 Trees in Europe are increasingly dying prematurely. A new WSL study on French #forests now shows that it is not only extremely dry summers but #climate anomalies in general that are driving tree mortality – particularly warm and wet springs: www.wsl.ch/en/news/why-... @lsce-ipsl.bsky.social 🌍

🌦️🌳 Why are more trees dying in European forests? Extreme summer droughts are definitely part of the story, but our new paper shows that tree mortality is shaped by climate variability across seasons, not by single extreme events alone. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎉Congrats to @stineb.bsky.social et al whose @newphyt.bsky.social Tansley Review on C + N cycles has been recognised as one of the Top 10 most viewed papers of 2024! Check out our blog on why it resonated, and how we continue to build on this work 👇 research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/le...

🎉 Excited to share two major milestones of this week! 📢 At #EGU25, I presented our work showing that climate change is reshaping seasonal patterns, it’s not just hotter summers that matter! 📝 At the same time, our new open-access paper in #JAMES @agu.org came out! 🧵👇

How does photosynthesis respond to changing temperatures? In the paper led by Pascal Schneider, we show that the thermal acclimation of photosynthesis can be modelled without making assumptions about plant functional types - ready for adoption in ESMs agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...