Mountain Pine Beetles (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Mountain Pine Beetles

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Mountain pine beetles (pictured here) have killed pine forests over more than 140,000 square miles in the western US, but warming winters can't be blamed for the full extent of recent outbreaks in the region, a Dartmouth College and US Forest Service study finds.

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Jeff Foott

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