TREES - Invasion of the pine beetles: The ecological disaster that New Jersey’s allowing to happen

The New York Times is sounding the alarm about New Jersey's pine beetle infestation, a little-noted but potentially disastrous threat to its forests that's almost certainly been caused by global warming. The insects have already destroyed tens of thousands of acres of pine forest in the state, and are expected to soon make their way north to Long Island and Cape Cod.The best solution, according to a number of experts, would be to cut down some tr ...

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