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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-5481-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-5481-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Effect of the 2022 summer drought across forest types in Europe
Department of Geosciences, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Ankit Shekhar
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Jingfeng Xiao
Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Nina Buchmann
Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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In 2022, Europe's forests faced unprecedented dry conditions. Our study aimed to understand how different forest types respond to extreme drought. Using meteorological data and satellite imagery, we compared 2022 with two previous extreme years, 2003 and 2018. Despite less severe drought in 2022, forests showed a 30 % greater decline in photosynthesis compared to 2018 and 60 % more than 2003. This suggests an alarming level of vulnerability of forests across Europe to more frequent droughts.
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