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Bark beetles are eating through Germany's Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

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Bark beetles are eating through Germany's Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years ago

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Tiny bark beetles have been causing havoc in Germany's Harz mountains, eating away at trees and killing off swaths of the spruce population by hampering their ability to take in nutrients.

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They’re making a mess of Alaska too. Really bad, invasive species

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