solar cycles as superior driver of bark beetle forest calamities in central Europe: New robust evidence
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This study reveals that bark beetle-driven forest disasters in Central Europe follow a hidden 9–12-year cycle linked to solar activity. Logging of bark beetles culminate during solar minima in drought years, while it drops during solar maxima when droughts are stopped by precipitations. Our study used five decades of data from Austria, Czechia, and Slovakia. Research reveals solar cycles and climate patterns—especially total solar irradiance—play a major role in cyclical forest damage.
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