High winds during El Niño could be deadly for England’s stressed trees, say experts
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Head of tree collections at Kew ‘very worried about this autumn’ as hot, dry summer has caused brittleness High winds associated with El Niño could cause widespread mortality among tree species already weakened by a prolonged period of extreme heat and drought, experts have warned. This summer much of Europe has been scorched by a series of record-breaking climate crisis-induced heatwaves . The impact is notable acr…
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