Wildfires Could Permanently Alter Alaska Forests

In a study in Nature Plants, a team of Berkeley Lab researchers projects that the combination of climate change and increased wildfires will cause the iconic evergreen conifer trees of Alaska to get pushed out in favor of broadleaf deciduous trees, which shed their leaves seasonally. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/08/26/wildfires-could-permanently-alter-alaskas-forest-composition/