Mountain pine beetle activity may impact snow accumulation and melt

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 13:30 in Earth & Climate

Infestation of trees by mountain pine beetles in the high country across the West could potentially trigger earlier snowmelt and increase water yields from snowpack that accumulates beneath affected trees, a new article suggests.

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