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Alaska: Spruce Beetle Infestation Kenai Peninsula, 1972 to 1998

Alaska: Spruce Beetle Infestation Kenai Peninsula, 1972 to 1998

Warming in Alaska has caused insect outbreaks to increase. Red areas indicate spruce beetle infestations on the Kenai Peninsula. Over 5 million acres of Alaska spruce forests were destroyed.  Image Reference: Berman et al.1

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