Conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California may be on borrowed time due to climate change Wasim Muklashy/Shutterstock
Climate change is creating “zombie forests” in California. One-fifth of the conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada mountains are in areas that are no longer suitable for them – meaning they may not be able to regrow if wiped out by wildfire or disease – and that number is expected to double by the end of the century.
Avery Hill at the California Academy of Sciences first began investigating the relationship between climate change and forest fires several years ago, exploring…
