Dead and dying shrubs and trees - some of which are found nowhere else on Earth - line more than 1,000km across the state's south-westGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA couple of weeks ago, Joe Fontaine stood in the middle of one of Western Australia's eucalypt forests on another hot and dry day that was stripped of the usually raucous backing-track of bird calls."I could hear this scratching-crunching noise coming from the trees," says Fontaine, a forest ecologist at Perth's Murdoch University.Sign up for Guardian Australia's free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
Western Australia's eucalypt forests fade to brown as century-old giant jarrahs die in heat and drought
19. dubna 2024 17:18
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Zdroj: The Guardian