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Climate change is turning swaths of California's mountains into 'zombie forests'

The expanse of Sierra National Forest near Shaver Lake is a relic of the climate before global warming. Scientists believe that the conifers won't be able to survive the current conditions. Researchers at Stanford University found in a recent study that roughly one-fifth of all conifer forests in the Sierra are mismatched with the warmer climate and have become "zombie forests"

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Yale Universities Climate Connections
View In: California ForestsSandra Lupien of Michigan State wants to create a market incentive for removing low-value wood from forests The post California’s forests are packed with dead trees. Harvesting them could cut wildfire risk. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

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Mapping California’s ‘Zombie’ Forests

In these “zombie forests,” older, well-established trees — including ponderosa pines, Douglas firs and sugar pines — still tower overhead, but few young trees have been able to take root because the climate has become too warm and dry for them to thrive

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The Guardian
View In: California ForestsThere were scenes of destruction across California as wildfires torched homes in the south and eviscerated a historic community near the Oregon border. The Fairview fire, which started on Monday near the city of Hemet, quickly spread to at least 2,400 acres (971 hectares), prompting evacuations for th...

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Smog Is Contributing To Pine Tree Deaths — And That's A Set Up For Huge Fires

While California's most majestic forests may seem far from the the toxic smog in cities, it turns out that all the junk we pump into the air can travel a long way and make our trees sick.

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