Newsletter www.theatlantic.com How climate change helped fuel the U.S. lumber shortage Bitcoin? Blasé. Gold? Going out of style. "The hottest commodity on the planet," according to Dustin Jalbert, an economist at the market-research firm Fastmarkets, is lumber.
Impacts www.nytimes.com When there's no heat: 'You need wood, you get wood' Community wood banks, like food banks, help people in need. Climate change is shaping their role.
Impacts www.motherjones.com 2 years ago, scientists warned us dead trees would fuel unpredictable wildfires. Now it's happening Just look at California's 278,368-acre Creek Fire.
Impacts Mountain pine beetles are devastating forests in the worst outbreak ever Despite being smaller than a grain of rice, mountain pine beetles are causing big problems for pine forests across North America.