Europe’s forests are still standing, but many are losing the ability to recover

September 9, 2026 · 8:30 pm 1 sources

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• Europe's forests are still standing, but many are losing the ability to recover
  Phys.org · September 9, 2026 20:30
  A forest can look intact from the roadside and still have lost much of its capacity to bounce back. That gap between appearance and function is at the center of a new policy brief published by eLTER, the European research infrastructure for long-term ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological…