https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-record

It's never been a better time to be a tree. Well, except for the pesky extreme weather swings.

As the advice goes, it's all about location, location, location.

36 million dead trees in the Sierra Nevada (2023)
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD1088646

48.9% mortality in 2014-2017 in SN
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/58262

It's rough times to be a tree around here