The Climate Consensus @climateconsensus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Natural disturbances such as wildfires, insect outbreaks, and windstorms are highly sensitive to changes in the climate system, and these disturbances can substantially change ecosystems and forests. 100
The Climate Consensus @climateconsensus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Thus, an understanding of future changes in disturbances is critical for forest policy, although it is difficult to capture small scale interactions between disturbance agents. 100
The Climate Consensus @climateconsensus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026In a new study that enabled researchers to draw on existing local forest models from across Europe, researchers zoomed in on plots the size of two football fields, to see how waves of drought, extreme heat, and other stressors unfold together and feed back on each other. 100
