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Fire on the Mountain: 2 Forests Offer Clues to Yellowstone’s Fate in a Warming World

Noted: What will happen to these forests if a changing climate means not only old forests burn, but young ones, too? That’s what Dr. Harvey and his colleague, Monica Turner, an ecologist at the University of Wisconsin, are here investigating. Yellowstone’s recent fires offer a rare natural experiment to see how forests regenerate after burning and reburning at short intervals.