In 2004 and 2005, two teams of researches published two important studies on the future of beech. One predicted a rather bleak future for this tree species due to climate change. The other warned against scaremongering and described the beech as a highly adaptable species. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf/CH, have recently examined both studies using new data and came to the conclusion that the gloomy forecast will probably come true.
