America’s forests: Ravaged woodlands

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Date of Publication: July 9, 2016

Year of Publication: 2016

Publisher: The Economist Newspaper Limited

Journal: The Economist

Stricken trees provide clues about how America will adapt to global warming—but little hope that it can be averted

As fire season kicks .up throughout the American West, The Economist reports on the converging conditions that are increasing the threat posed by massive fires

…the vaster devastation taking place in America’s forests, owing to fire, pestilence and drought. All are indicators of a warming climate, to which decades of human intervention have made the forests—the fourth most expansive of any country—especially susceptible. These blights are therefore growing, especially in the semi-arid West.

Politicised, documented and culturally sensitive, the ravaging of America’s forests is an important gauge of man’s ability to mitigate and adapt to the warming he has caused.

Read the full article here.

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