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Phys.org reported

A new study, led by federal agencies in collaboration with the University of Colorado Denver, shows that the whitebark pine tree—an iconic, high-elevation tree that stretches from California’s Sierra Nevada through the Cascades and Rockies and into Canada—could lose as much as 80% of its habitat to climate change in the next 25 years.

The loss could have a cascade of effects, impacting wildlife and people.

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