interviewed Aaron Weiskittel, professor of forest biometrics and modeling at the University of 海角社区, about the increased risk of wildfires in the Northeast this year. 鈥淲herever there鈥檚 forests, there鈥檚 always a risk of forest fires,鈥 Weiskittel said. Weiskittel also explained that climate change and milder winters in the Northeast are contributing to an influx of pests 鈥 since winters aren鈥檛 always cold enough to kill the insects 鈥 and allowing some species to move further north. 鈥淭he trees will survive three to five years of defoliation, but after that it鈥檚 a struggle,鈥 Weiskittel said.
