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ScienceDaily: If current climate projections hold true, the forests of the Southwestern United States face a bleak future, with more severe -- and more frequent -- forest fires, higher tree death rates, more insect infestation, and weaker trees. The findings by university and government scientists are published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
"Our study shows that regardless of rainfall going up or down, forests in the Southwest U.S. are very sensitive to......
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Continued death of forests predicted in southwestern US due to climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 14th, 2010
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