Climate change, other factors may reshape central Appalachian forests
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 06:30
in Earth & Climate
The hardwood forests of the central Appalachians are a bastion of biodiversity, providing protective habitat for some 6,000 species of plants and animals. They support a $5 billion forest products industry in Pennsylvania alone. But these forests face stresses that could change their character substantially over the next hundred years.