Warmer climate could slash threatened whitebark pine territory within decades: Study

Mongabay
Oct 15, 2025, 5:27 pm184 ptsTrendingTop
Hotter and drier conditions could whittle away 80% of land where whitebark pine grows by the middle of this century, according to a recent study. Scattered across the highest parts of the Rocky Mountains, the Cascades and the Sierra Nevada in the western U.S. and southwestern Canada, the species is a linchpin…

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