Climate change threatens European forests https://www.mpg.de/16501852/climate-change-threatens-european-forests
European forests suffer from the extreme climate conditions coming along with climate change. A study of an international team with participation of Henrik Hartmann from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry reveals that in consequence many forests are risk from windthrow, forest fire, insect attacks or a combination of these.
In addition, large trees also provide a greater area for wind attacks during storm