Even in the absence of bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado subalpine forests are dying at increasing rates from warmer and drier summer conditions, found recent CU Boulder research.

Climate change is affecting the hydrology of high-elevation mountain ecosystems, with implications for ecosystem functioning and water availability to downstream consumers. To quantify the water ...

Imagine yourself walking quietly through a high-elevation subalpine forest. You feel immersed in shady stillness while enveloped by a fresh scent of pine, spruce and fir. You gaze out at the trees ...

Using lake sediment cores, scientists determined how these subalpine ecosystems recovered after 4,800 years of fire. Over 4,800 years in the Northern Rockies during wet periods and dry periods, ...

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The Bushfire Recovery Project, led by five scientists, is tracking forest regrowth in NSW and Victoria using data gathered by citizen scientists Forests in some subalpine areas near Mount Kosciuszko ...

Even in the absence of bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado subalpine forests are dying at increasing rates from warmer and drier summer conditions, found recent University of ...

Even in the absence of bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado subalpine forests are dying at increasing rates from warmer and drier summer conditions, found recent research. Even in the ...