Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to World News@quokk.au · 11 days agoWorld-famous Robin Hood oak tree has diednews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down10
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minus-squareperniciousanteaterlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 days agoThe theory I read is the soil became more and more compacted resulting in less rainwater making it down to the roots. With climate change also reducing the average rainfall in the area, there was much less moisture available below ground.
minus-squarenexguylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoAh thank you. Sounds like the fenced in area should have been larger… unless you mean old foot traffic from the past(50+yrs) did the damage.
The theory I read is the soil became more and more compacted resulting in less rainwater making it down to the roots. With climate change also reducing the average rainfall in the area, there was much less moisture available below ground.
Ah thank you. Sounds like the fenced in area should have been larger… unless you mean old foot traffic from the past(50+yrs) did the damage.