The largest tree mortality event I've witnessed with my own eyes in Finland so far. Dead spruces nearly as far as the eye could see. Boreal forests are entering into a stage of instability due to climate-induced stress resulting in mass outbreaks of bark beetles. @UniEastFinland
@SamuliJunttila @UniEastFinland Scary. What is/are the cause/s?
@SamuliJunttila @UniEastFinland Is this happening all over the country or is it more localised?
@SamuliJunttila @UniEastFinland Are these mostly planted forests or naturally regenerating / old growth?
@SamuliJunttila @UniEastFinland Wooow....Please share some drone mosaics for these areas so we can enlarge our reference database to finally update the satellite-based models for producing large scale maps for these areas.
@SamuliJunttila @UniEastFinland Is there any map product showing affected áreas?