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hunter

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17. Pine beetles are a symptom, not the disease itself.
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:19 PM
May 2016

Pine beetles reproduce more frequently as the weather warms and trees stressed by climate change are less able to defend themselves.

Climate Change Sends Beetles Into Overdrive

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/03/climate-change-sends-beetles-overdrive

But...but...but...the planet has been warmer tonyt53 May 2016 #1
K&R that's what the top 1% are hoping; but they have not built mansions on Mars yet Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #6
We have to get the population numbers down soon. roamer65 May 2016 #10
China, is that you posting? former9thward May 2016 #14
China has Trump-trolls working for them... Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #24
It's the cold hard truth. roamer65 May 2016 #29
How do you propose to enforce this? former9thward May 2016 #30
By all means, then. roamer65 May 2016 #31
Humans will survive. former9thward May 2016 #33
...and if you want to stick your head in the sand. roamer65 May 2016 #34
First world citizens' carbon footprint is many times that of most third raccoon May 2016 #37
'a person may be five times as likely to die in an extinction event than in a car crash." dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #2
10 years ago they were predicting a 100-year countdown. Now they are in full blown... ChisolmTrailDem May 2016 #3
For years now, the mantra has been " more/faster/" than expected. dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #20
And driving west, down I5 from Snoqualmie Pass one now sees Bigmack May 2016 #4
Isn't that pine beetles TrappedInUtah May 2016 #5
You might be right, but that doesn't change the fact... HuckleB May 2016 #16
Pine beetles are a symptom, not the disease itself. hunter May 2016 #17
Not pines in that area... Douglas Fir and Hemlock and Cedar. nt Bigmack May 2016 #35
NO, These are NOT pine trees being killed by the beetle Bigmack May 2016 #39
Oh noes...... dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #21
Sad State Of Affairs cantbeserious May 2016 #7
It's gonna be a surreal experience... roamer65 May 2016 #8
Eons ago, I saw Soylent Green in a theater dixiegrrrrl May 2016 #27
it's quite sad that we live in a world where we see the train approaching and Exilednight May 2016 #38
But, but nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #9
Is my math correct or has this Opening Post attained slightly over 200 readers after 10 replies? Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #11
Don't know. But realize there is a social silence on this nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #12
You are right, Nadin. roamer65 May 2016 #32
Many people who are on higher ground feel they need not worry lunatica May 2016 #40
No hope the Republicans will do anything to "conserve" life on earth Scientific May 2016 #13
They think it doesn't matter TrappedInUtah May 2016 #15
grew up with the concept of christian stewardship dembotoz May 2016 #25
However idiots maintain CO2 is good for plant growth. gordianot May 2016 #18
I recently climbed Mt. Lyell in Yosemite with both my sons. Xithras May 2016 #19
Five years ago, I walked across a glacier in Nevada's Great Basin National Park; it's now gone hatrack May 2016 #22
There should be a global urgency but there isn't. Avalux May 2016 #23
The question will be which disaster will kill us first, Climate Change or Drumpf Presidency Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #26
Both. roamer65 May 2016 #28
NASA climate scientists on the issue. roamer65 May 2016 #36
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