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color: rgb(43, 43, 43); letter-spacing: -0.34px;">Alberta's boreal forest could be dramatically altered by 2100 due to climate change, study says</h1><p class="summary" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 5px 0px 10px; font-size: 17px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(123, 123, 123);">Model by UAlberta biologists predicts big changes due to climate change and wildfire</p><p class="meta_institute" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2px 0px 20px; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;">UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA</p></a><div class="toolbar hidden-search hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoa-abf032618.php" class="m_929738377039644032gmail-" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uoa-abf032618.php&source=gmail&ust=1524765787803000&usg=AFQjCNHFG01VcqKeZTz9FY9llmCRiDcAqQ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); 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orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b class="">Excerpt from the release:</b> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The results may actually be on the conservative side, as they do not take into account human activity, drought, or insects, explained Stralberg, who began the study as a PhD student under the supervision of Professor Erin Bayne</span></div><div class="m_929738377039644032gmail-" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></div><div class="m_929738377039644032gmail-" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="m_929738377039644032gmail-" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><table style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12.8px; 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display: inline; text-decoration: none; line-height: 20px;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class="m_-2603740347914147752Apple-interchange-newline">In worst case scenario, the trees in big parts of Canada's boreal <b class="">forest</b> 'will probably die,' says ...</font></a></span><div class=""><div style="padding: 2px 0px 8px;" class=""><div class=""><a style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" class="">National Observer</font></a></div><div style="padding: 2px 0px 0px; line-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" class="">Large portions of Canada's vast boreal <b class="">forest</b> could be at risk of dying off by the end of the century, as climate change will dramatically aggravate the risk of wildfires, <b class="">drought</b> and insect infestations, say government scientists in a groundbreaking new study. Even by mid-century, parts of Canada's ...</font></span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal;" class=""><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/04/20/news/worst-case-scenario-trees-big-parts-canadas-boreal-forest-will-probably-die-says" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/04/20/news/worst-case-scenario-trees-big-parts-canadas-boreal-forest-will-probably-die-says&source=gmail&ust=1524765764253000&usg=AFQjCNGH-Za9E801PrIx9BAlwX4w1lUXEw" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">https://www.nationalobserver.<wbr class="">com/2018/04/20/news/worst-<wbr class="">case-scenario-trees-big-parts-<wbr class="">canadas-boreal-forest-will-<wbr class="">probably-die-says</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br class=""><br class="">“Forests are shaped by climate. …. climate determines what will grow where and how well. Changes in temperature <br class="">and precipitation regimes therefore have the potential to dramatically affect forests nationwide. “<br class=""> <br class="">Robert W. Malmsheimer et al. Forest Management Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change in the United States. <br class="">Journal of Forestry April/May 2008</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><div class="m_929738377039644032gmail-" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="m_929738377039644032gmail-" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="">
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