Beetle Outbreaks and Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyGT7-XWPu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyGT7-XWPu0
American Museum of Natural History
This interactive shows the extent of the killing of lodgepole pine trees in western Canada. The spread of pine beetle throughout British Columbia has devastated the lodgepole pine forests there. This animation shows the spread of the beetle and the increasing numbers of trees affected from 1999-2008 and predicts the spread up until 2015.
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Climate Literacy
This Animation builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.
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