According to researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science, California’s unprecedented drought, high temperatures and the prevalence of the dangerous bark beetle have put many of the Golden State’s forests at risk of death.


According to researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science, California’s unprecedented drought, high temperatures and the prevalence of the dangerous bark beetle have put many of the Golden State’s forests at risk of death. 
A news release explains, "The team’s advanced tools showed that about 41,000 square miles...of forest containing up to 888 million large trees experienced measurable losses of canopy water between 2011 and 2015. Of this group, up to 58 million large trees reached water loss thresholds that the scientists deemed extremely threatening to long-term forest health."