Summit County Citizen: As the Earth steadily warms, snowpacks are dwindling, especially in spring, leading to a longer growing season that enables trees to replace grasses and wildflowers by taking root in high mountain meadows. A new study by Oregon State University researchers suggests the tree invasion has been accelerating the past few decades, at least in the Pacific Northwest, where the scientists reported the results of a long-term monitoring project in Jefferson Park, a subalpine meadow complex in the central...
URL: http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/11/03/global-warming-trees-are-invading-mountain-meadows/
Enclosure: http://summitvoice.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/meadow2.jpg?w=468&h=351
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