- Mega-disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California | Primarily due to the combination of wildfires, drought, and drought-associated beetle epidemics, 30% of the region's conifer forest extent transitioned to non-forest vegetation during 2011-2020. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2763 5 comments science
- Mega-disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California | Primarily due to the combination of wildfires, drought, and drought-associated beetle epidemics, 30% of the region's conifer forest extent transitioned to non-forest vegetation during 2011-2020. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2763 2 comments climate
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- A third of southern Sierra forest lost to drought, wildfire - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-11-01/a-third-of-southern-sierra-forest-lost-to-drought-wildfire 1 comment
- Drought, Fire, Insects Destroyed Nearly a Third of Southern Sierra Nevada Forest in Last Decade - Yale E360 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/drought-fire-climate-change-california-sierra-nevada-forest-third 0 comments