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Matter: Under Threat, Flight May Be Best Response for Trees
2014-09-18 23:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The whitebark pine grows in the high, cold reaches of the Rocky and Sierra Mountains, and some individuals, wind-bent and tenacious, manage to thrive for more than a thousand years. Despite its hardiness, the species may not survive much longer. A lethal fungus is decimating the pines, as are voracious mountain pine beetles. Making matters worse, forest managers have suppressed the fires that are required to stimulate whitebark pine seedlings. Half of all whitebark pines are now dead or...
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