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View article: Forest restoration can bolster salmon population persistence under climate change
Forest restoration can bolster salmon population persistence under climate change Open
View article: Opportunities and challenges to community-level adoption of natural climate solutions in Washington State
Opportunities and challenges to community-level adoption of natural climate solutions in Washington State Open
Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) are climate mitigation approaches that aim to incorporate sustainable practices in forest, agriculture, wetland, and grassland management to increase GHG mitigation from land sectors and have been estimated …
View article: Forest Restoration Thinning Has Minimal Impacts on Surface Soil Carbon in a Second-Growth Temperate Rainforest
Forest Restoration Thinning Has Minimal Impacts on Surface Soil Carbon in a Second-Growth Temperate Rainforest Open
Forest restoration thinning may accelerate the development of structural complexity toward old-growth conditions faster than a natural forest, yet associated changes in forest carbon (C) are poorly understood. Old-growth forests are charac…
View article: Mapping forest-based natural climate solutions
Mapping forest-based natural climate solutions Open
Natural climate solutions are critical actions of ecosystem stewardship to mitigate climate change. However, prioritizing locations and possible actions is challenging. We demonstrate a generalizable approach for identifying potential oppo…
View article: Forest canopy cover affects microclimate buffering during an extreme heat event
Forest canopy cover affects microclimate buffering during an extreme heat event Open
Increasing temperatures and extreme heat episodes have become more common with climate change. While forests are known to buffer increasing temperatures (relative to non-forested areas), whether this buffering is maintained under extreme t…
View article: Microclimate buffering varies across forest types during an extreme heat event
Microclimate buffering varies across forest types during an extreme heat event Open
Increasing temperatures and extreme heat episodes have become more common with climate change. While forests are known to be buffered from increasing temperatures compared to non-forested areas, whether this buffering is maintained under e…
View article: Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests
Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests Open
The escalating climate and wildfire crises have generated worldwide interest in using proactive forest management (e.g. forest thinning, prescribed fire, cultural burning) to mitigate the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in forests. To …
View article: Forest restoration thinning accelerates development of old‐growth characteristics in the coastal Pacific Northwest, <scp>USA</scp>
Forest restoration thinning accelerates development of old‐growth characteristics in the coastal Pacific Northwest, <span>USA</span> Open
A century of industrial‐scale management has transformed vast swaths of forest land across the Pacific Northwest (PNW), USA, from ancient forests with complex structure and diverse habitats to young forests with simple structure and domina…
View article: Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States
Reduced fire severity offers near-term buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States Open
Increasing fire severity and warmer, drier postfire conditions are making forests in the western United States (West) vulnerable to ecological transformation. Yet, the relative importance of and interactions between these drivers of forest…
View article: Drought, wildfire and forest transformation: characterizing trailing edge forests in the eastern Cascade Range, Washington, USA
Drought, wildfire and forest transformation: characterizing trailing edge forests in the eastern Cascade Range, Washington, USA Open
Climate change and the compounding effects of drought and wildfire are catalyzing rapid ecosystem changes throughout the world. Relatively dry, trailing edge (TE) forests are especially vulnerable to ecological transformation when tree reg…
View article: Peer Review #2 of "Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State (v0.1)"
Peer Review #2 of "Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State (v0.1)" Open
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View article: Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State
Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State Open
The State of Washington, USA, has set a goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the year around which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommended we must limit global warming to 1.5 °C above that of pr…
View article: Peer Review #2 of "Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State (v0.2)"
Peer Review #2 of "Leveraging the potential of nature to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State (v0.2)" Open
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View article: Using a Vegetation Model and Stakeholder Input to Assess the Climate Change Vulnerability of Tribally Important Ecosystem Services
Using a Vegetation Model and Stakeholder Input to Assess the Climate Change Vulnerability of Tribally Important Ecosystem Services Open
We demonstrate a generalizable approach for assessing climate change effects on tribally important ecosystem goods and services. Indigenous peoples may be highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because they rely on ecosystem go…
View article: Climate change impacts on the distribution of the allergenic plant, common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) in the eastern United States
Climate change impacts on the distribution of the allergenic plant, common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) in the eastern United States Open
Climate change is affecting the growth, phenology, and distribution of species across northeastern United States. In response to these changes, some species have been adversely impacted while others have benefited. One species that has ben…