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Vast areas of trees could be affected by climate change, including in Denmark, where the beech is at risk. Taking the train through the Harz region already shows what the future might bring.

The Danish beech forests could disappear

Video: Tomas Østergren
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Enjoy the journey through the beech forest.

For it and many other forests around the world are threatened by climate change, according to a new study published in the esteemed journal PNAS, led by, among others, Professor Jens-Christian Svenning from Aarhus University.

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