Study: Trees, other foliage growing despite drought
By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times
Over the past year, scientists have studied California’s trees from the air, the ground and even using X-ray technology.
Each time, they have arrived at some version of a similar dreary conclusion: The state’s ongoing drought is wreaking havoc on forests, killing millions more trees at each check.
But a study published recently online in the Open Journal of Forestry offered a refreshing and counterintuitive piece of good news. A NASA research scientist found the drought did not stop trees, shrubs and other foliage from regenerating in areas ravaged by wildfires.