Tree Data Foretells Grim Future of the California Forest

Government Technology:  Even before the plane left the runway, it was clear the crew of researchers examining the fallout from California’s historic drought would not return with good news.

A column of gray smoke from a smoldering brush fire was visible from McClellan Airfield outside Sacramento, a reminder of the threat that the hot, dry weather posed for the state’s forests — the subject of the high-flying mission.

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