18 hours ago · Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?

Oct 10, 2024 · In the central Harz region, over 90% of spruce trees are dead or dying because of climate change and pests. But there may be a silver lining to these withering landscapes. Driving through the...

Oct 11, 2024 · Germany is losing its forests—and fast. According to German-based DW, the country’s central Harz region has seen more than 90% of spruce trees lay dead or dying due to the impacts of …

Oct 8, 2024 · Forests across Germany have become a source of carbon dioxide for the first time since records began, that’s the takeaway from a report by the agriculture ministry (BMEL).

1 day ago · Germany's Harz mountains, once known for their verdant spruce forests, have become a graveyard of skeletal trunks after a bark beetle outbreak ravaged the region starting in 2018 -- an …

Aug 5, 2023 · Germany's dense green spruce forests are being decimated by parasites and climate change. It's unclear if planting different kinds of trees would help stop the decline.

Germany's forests are at a turning point, because their future depends on how we treat them today. Long-term efforts by politicians, scientists, foresters and society are needed to preserve them and to …