Concerned scientists say climate warming killing forests in the Rockies

PBS: Rocky Mountain forests as we know them are in great peril, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, with many having already been substantially damaged by the triple threat of beetle kill, wildfire and heat-related drought. The report presents new evidence that human-caused climate warming is driving those components of forest destruction. The National Climate Assessment published earlier this year included similar material,......

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