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Idealized Vegetation Response to Climate vs. Human Activity

By Climate Research and Development Program April 2022 (approx.)
diagram of idealized vegetation response to climate vs. human activity
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Idealized vegetation response to climate vs. human activity.  Top panel shows climatically-driven vegetation change without the influence of people. Bottom panel shows human-caused vegetation change where increases in fire use create more open forest conditions despite cooler/wetter conditions, such as during the Little Ice Age. Credit: Clarke Knight, USGS.

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