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Appetite for Destruction
How pine beetles are threatening the boreal forest and potentially contributing to climate change.
By Eric R. Olson, May 9th, 2008
TOPIC environment![]() Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus Ponderosae) under a scanning electron microscope. [Credit: Leslie Manning/Canadian Forest Service]
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