Beetles to blame for Colorado's fires? Blame climate change instead
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 23:50
in Earth & Climate
Tiny, winged bark beetles have been the ecological bad guys of the West for more than a decade, and rightfully so. They've killed off millions of acres' worth of trees in Colorado. Now all those dead trees are feeding the flames across tens of thousands of acres in the southern part of the state.