‘Tinderbox’: 20% of California’s forests might die – research

A lead scientist for the Carnegie Airborne Observatory spent three weeks flying over California’s forests in Sacramento and Bakersfield in order to laser map them. The results were shocking: up to 20 percent of the state’s forests are at risk of dying. The results come as California endures its fourth year of drought and its worst forest fire season in history.
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