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Earth Talk: Zombie forests

B. Morgan, Chico, California They may look lush and green, but some forests are already on borrowed time. These so-called ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s mountains are too warm for some trees to survive. Inside these ‘zombie forests’

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — There’s something eerie about this forest in the southern Sierra Nevada. Tangles of bony branches obscure the ground. Dead trees stand gray and bristly. An aura of doom hangs ...

The northern migration of the temperate forest isn't proceeding as expected

Could the boreal forest be less fragile than we think? Contrary to the predictions of models that forecast its rapid decline ...
Mother Jones

Climate Crisis Is Destroying Oregon’s Conifer Forests

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Scientists have discovered a record number of dead fir trees in Oregon, in a ...

‘All the trees are dead': An ancient California forest has been wiped out

Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic ...
SUNY-ESF

Adirondack Forest Communities

A forest community not typically recognized in most descriptions of Adirondack vegetation is the “upper slope hardwood-conifer forest”. This community is very similar to the mixedwood type except red ...
The New York Times

Mapping California’s ‘Zombie’ Forests

A warming climate has left a fifth of the conifer forests that blanket California's Sierra Nevada stranded in habitats that no longer suit them, according to a study published last week by researchers ...
The Hill

Western forests three times the size of Yellowstone could be transformed by midcentury

Hotter and drier conditions are destroying the ability of many Western conifer forests to spring back after wildfires, a new study has found. The onslaught of destructive fire and climate change risks ...

The state’s wildfire policy long overlooked SoCal. Now it’s course correcting

State leaders have long understood Northern California's wildfire crisis and are investing resources to solve it. But in ...
Nevada Appeal

Open Space panel next up for Centennial Park plan

The master plan calls for a bike park at upper Centennial, northeast of the artificial turf fields being installed, and more ...
Duluth News Tribune

Northland Nature: Trailing arbutus blanket conifer forests

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at [email protected]. A ...
JSTOR Daily

Patterns of mortality in a montane mixed-conifer forest in San Diego County, California

We examine spatial patterns of conifer tree mortality and their changes over time for the montane mixed-conifer forests of San Diego County. These forest areas have recently experienced extensive tree ...