WÜRZBURG, July 29 (WNM/Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg/Robert Emmerich) - No year has been as hot and dry as 2018 since climate records began. Central European forests showed severe signs of drought stress. Mortality of trees triggered in 2018 will continue for several years. Until now, 2003 was considered as the driest and hottest year since the beginning of instrumental climate recording. This record can now be considered obsolete: "The past five years were among the warmest in Central ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...