Melting Ice Patch in the Rocky Mountains Reveals 5000-Yr-Old Greenery, Scientists Discover Over 30 Well-Preserved Dead Trees An ice patch that has been melting in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming has ...

A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains uncovered an ancient forest, and these trees have stories to tell about dynamic ...

Scientists discovered a hidden stand of whitebark pines on Wyoming's Beartooth Plateau, 180 meters above the tree line at 3,100 meters elevation.

Previous studies reported that in response to warmer temperatures, the mountain pine beetle has substantially increased its geographic range, killing trees 450 miles further north in Canada and 2,000 ...

Trees dating back almost 6000 years have come to scientists' attention due to ice melting in the Rocky mountains, offering a "time capsule" into the past ...

Researchers discovered more than 30 dead whitebark pine trees that ... A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains has revealed the remains of up to 5,900-year-old trees that could offer insights ...

Researchers from Montana State University discovered a 10,000-year-old ancient forest that holds valuable information about ...

including Rocky Mountain National Park. Climate change is facilitating the spread of invasive grasses in the park as well as pine bark beetles, which are killing millions of trees. These changes, ...

For more than 5,000 years, a stand of whitebark pine trees in the Beartooth Mountains ... of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Bozeman, and his colleagues ...

The trees revealed by the melting Rocky Mountain ice patch look "like trees that you would see up in a windswept area," McWethy said — missing their bark but otherwise pristine. Until now ...