Reuters: A once-majestic pine forest in Belize is struggling to recover from a devastating plague of beetles that scientists say was caused by climate change. Tiny pine beetles destroyed up to 80 percent, or close to 70,000 acres (28,300 hectares), of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest near Belize’s border with Guatemala when trees stressed by higher temperatures and years of water shortages could not defend themselves. Efforts to replant were set back by a fierce forest fire two weeks ago …
Belize forest hit by warming struggles to survive
Reuters: A once-majestic pine forest in Belize is struggling to recover from a devastating plague of beetles that scientists say was caused by climate change. Tiny pine beetles destroyed up to 80 percent, or close to 70,000 acres (28,300 hectares), of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest near Belize’s border with Guatemala when trees stressed by higher temperatures and years of water shortages could not defend themselves. Efforts to replant were set back by a fierce forest fire two weeks ago …
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