One particular question they plan to address is whether the behaviour and severity of the High Park fire was affected by the spread of mountain pine beetle, a pest that is rapidly overrunning Colorado because its breeding season has been extended by the warming climate.

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As an example, he cited the pine beetle infestation of this summer in the forests of Colorado and western Canada.

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