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A hillside of beetle-killed pine in the Cameron Pass area of Colorado

Description

A hillside of beetle-killed pine in the Cameron Pass area of Colorado. Thebeetle are proliferating because of warmer than average winter temperaturesthat do not kill off the larvae, a direct effect of climate change.

Photographer

Dr. David Goodrich

Display Date

2011 June 15

Location

Colorado

Collection

Weather Service

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA (ret.)