[MCN] Once upon a time, forests could recover from fire

[Lance Olsen]

Colorado's wildfire-stricken forests showing limited recovery
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
Public Release: 30-Jan-2017

Colorado forests stricken by wildfire are not 
regenerating as well as expected and may 
partially transform into grasslands and 
shrublands in coming decades, according to a new 
University of Colorado Boulder study.

JOURNAL
Ecosphere [Open access]
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1594/abstract
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"Sensitivity to increasing air temperature of 
these two types of precipitation at subdaily time 
scales has been explored by a few researchers. 
For example, Berg et al (19, 20) found that 
convective precipitation is more sensitive to 
increasing air temperature  ....   In tropics, 
Wong and Teixeira (22) indicate that the 
development of extreme convective events is more 
sensitive to changes in sea surface temperature."

Ye, Fetzer, Wong, and Lambrigtsen. Rapid decadal 
convective precipitation increase over Eurasia 
during the last three decades of the 20th 
century. Science Advances  25 January 2017
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/1/e1600944

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"By the end of the 21st century, forest 
ecosystems in the United States will differ from 
those of today as a result of changing climate."

Vose, James M.; Peterson, David L.; 
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General Technical Report PNW-GTR-870. Portland, 
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"Conservationists must therefore assess both 
current and future distributions of species. .... 
One critical question is whether models Š can Š 
provide robust predictions of future 
distributions under climate change."

Miguel B. Araújo and Carsten Rahbek.
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" Š. the earth's atmosphere is so thoroughly 
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