How mites as a biological weapon can save trees

You probably wouldn’t know it, but mites may be used as a biological weapon. But it’s not about warfare, it’s about saving trees in native forests, especially pine trees in Siberia and North America. Scientists say climate change has made normally harmless bark beetles as dangerous for pine forests as wildfires. According to them, global warming made pine trees across the U.S., making them more vulnerable. The largest bark beetle outbreak in Northern America lasted for nearly 20 years before slightly slowi
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