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Some woodlands in the United States have incurred extra pest damage because of climate change. Credit: Jack Dykinga/Nature Picture Library

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Decades of data on US forests suggest that climate change has exacerbated the damage caused by insects and disease, leading to the death and injury of more trees than might have otherwise occurred1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01288-z

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- Clipp, H. L. et al. Nature Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03039-9 (2026).

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