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One in five Sierra Nevada conifers are no longer compatible with the environmental conditions around them, raising questions about how to manage the land. Researchers say it may get worse.
Some conifer forests in California are stranded in habitats that are too warm for them. New research digs into how to save "zombie forests."
"A warming climate has left a fifth of the conifer forests that blanket California's Sierra Nevada stranded in habitats that no longer suit them, according to a study published last week by researchers at Stanford University."
A fifth of the Sierra Nevada’s conifer forests are out of sync with the warming climate around them, which makes them less likely to grow back after a major wildfire.
Tillie Walden of Norwich will be Vermont’s next cartoonist laureate, the Vermont Arts Council announced on Wednesday. She will officially become the state’s fifth cartoonist...