Drought, Climate Change Helping to Kill Off Plants
UC Irvine scientists concluded in a study released Monday that climate change is contributing to the dying-off of plant species. The researchers, who focused on 5,000 square miles surrounding Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, found that from 1984 through 2017, vegetation in the deserts declined by about 35% and 13% in the mountains.
Plants are dying and nothing’s replacing them. The drought conditions and rising temperatures appear to be contributing to the decline in vegetation cover in the deserts, the researchers found.
Conditions in the mountains for pines and oaks are better due to more rain.
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