the mountain pine beetle epidemic slowed dramatically
In Colorado, spruce bug epidemic eclipses mountain pine beetle blight | SummitDaily.com
A few years ago Berwyn told us that Lodgepole Pine is doomed because winters aren’t cold enough. As always, climate alarmists have no idea what they are talking about.
Bark beetle outbreaks are largely the result of fire suppression leading to weakened trees. You can’t fool mother nature nature.
Just in time to make place for the next climate hysteria.
I already heard talk around town that Colorado spruce beetle outbreak is caused by “climate change”. As usual, the people saying that could not cite any source or reason for their claims and we’re giving me the “is it not obvious” look when I asked.
The 2013 CU press release on spruce beetle study cited below refreshingly did not make any claim about global warming (if I remember right). They said they found correlation of past spruce beetle outbreaks in Colorado subalpine forests not with temperature per se but with with drought conditions (intuitive) and AMO (not so intuitive).
None of that will stop the usual idiots. I expect that Mother Jones or the Puffington Host will include any news about spruce beetle in a series called “Connect The Dots On Climate Change” or somesuch.
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Spruce beetle outbreak in Colorado tied to drought, according to new CU study
October 10, 2013
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2013/10/10/massive-spruce-beetle-outbreak-colorado-tied-drought-according-new-cu-study
Errata:
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(maybe more, stupid autocorrect)
This one’s on me—time to give it a rest.
“…past spruce beetle outbreaks in Colorado subalpine forests not with temperature per se but with with drought conditions (intuitive) and AMO (not so intuitive).” — Colorado Wellington
http://sparkleberrysprings.com/v-web/b2/images/climate07/04mcabefig4lg.png
http://appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/PDO_AMO.htm
I assume everyone knows of the horror story of the beetles that killed the memorial pine tree planted at the graveside of George Harrison. It was replaced Feb 25 of this year.
Dang! The world is just crowded with irony.
The reasons you must test (paraphrase of Francis Bacon)
1. You may be wrong
2. “Common sense” may be wrong
3. Your computer models, arguments, rhetoric, etc. may be wrong.
4. All the “experts” may be wrong
as sins of equal measure.
1. Pride
2. group think
3. Models, without test
4. Humility
Reality does not listen to human society, it only yeilds to testing.
The last Beatle invasion was over 50 years ago…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6m9jcXkz4
It’s worse than we thought!