Attack of the Bark Beetle

There's something out there killing more trees than all forest fires combined, and it's smaller than a fingernail. Two scientists are hunting it down.

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[i] FS.FED.US .AREAS WITH TREE MORTALITY FROM BARK BEETLES SUMMARY FOR 2000 – 2017 WESTERN US. May 11 2018. https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/te...

[ia] NCDC.NOAA.Gov. U.S. Wildfires. Accessed: Oct 19 2018. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/societal-im...[]=fires¶ms[]=acres&end_date=2014

[ii] IPM.UCANR.Edu. Bark Beetles. Accessed: Oct 19 2018. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/QT/barkbeetlesca...


[iii] Ibid.

[iv] Extension.ColoState.Edu. Mountain Pine Beetle. Mountain Pine Beetle. Accessed: Oct 19 2018. https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/...

[v] Ibid.

[vi] Agric.Gov.Ab.Ca. MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE & COLD TEMPERATURES. Accessed: Oct 19 2018. https://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$departm...

[vii] HuffingtonPost.com. Winter Cold Used To Kill Off Forest-Eating Beetles. Not Anymore. Aug 28 2017. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...

[viia] CTVNews.CA. Winters are getting shorter, say scientists. Oct 27 2017. https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/winte...

[viib] ClimateCentral.org. Summer is Lasting Longer Across the U.S.. Sept 20 2017. http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery...

[viii] ThinkProgress.org. Global Warming is Doubling Bark Beetle Mating, Boosting Tree Attacks Up To 60-Fold, Study Finds. Apr 30 2012. https://thinkprogress.org/global-warm...

[ix] Ibid.

[ixa] ScienceDaily.com. As climate warms, bark beetles march on high-elevation forests. Dec 31 2012. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...

[x] ThinkProgress.org. Global Warming is Doubling Bark Beetle Mating, Boosting Tree Attacks Up To 60-Fold, Study Finds. Apr 30 2012. https://thinkprogress.org/global-warm...

[xi] e360.Yale.Edu. Small Pests, Big Problems: The Global Spread of Bark Beetles. Sept 21 2017. https://e360.yale.edu/features/small-...