After the Forest Fire -- Oak Shrub (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

After the Forest Fire -- Oak Shrub

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This 2013 picture shows a patch of oak shrub surrounded by forest in New Mexico’s Santa Fe National Forest. The patch, the result of an 1899 forest fire, is more than 100 years old. Researchers suggest that such changes from forest to shrubby, dense hard-to-walk-through vegetation will become more common as global warming continues.

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Ellis Q. Margolis

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