"Scientists say the current period is likely the hottest Earth has experienced in 125,000 years... Forests are being forced to quickly adapt to climatic changes that normally unfold over millennia... Heat and drought push Europe's trees into survival mode, often fatally."
phys.org/news/2026-05...
The once-majestic oak tree is all but dead: battered by repeated heat waves, it has shut down vital functions to conserve water and is slowly dying in a French forest.
