Wildfires, windstorms and heat waves: How extreme weather threatens nature’s essential services

Photo credit: Mike Lewelling / National Park Service via Flickr. Public Domain. Article by Yvaine Ye. University of Colorado at Boulder: CU Boulder Today – March 24, 2025. Research article: Nature Ecology & Evolution.

How much will strawberry harvests shrink when extreme heat harms pollinators? How much will timber production decline when windstorms flatten forests? How much will recreational value disappear when large wildfires sweep through Colorado’s mountain towns? These are some critical questions that a new computer simulation, co-developed by a CU Boulder […]

Click here to view original web page at www.colorado.edu