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Warming temperatures are creating 'zombie forests' in California | New Scientist

Conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California may be on borrowed time due to climate change David McNew/Getty Images

Conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California may be on borrowed time due to climate change

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Climate change is creating “zombie forests” in California. One-fifth of the conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains are in areas that are no longer suitable for them – meaning they may not be able to regrow if wiped out by wildfire or disease – and that number is expected to double by the end of the century.

Avery Hill at the California Academy of Sciences first began investigating the relationship between climate change …

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