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Climate Change Threatens Vermont’s Mount Mansfield Forest

7/9/2025

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Vermont's Mount Mansfield State Forest is facing a troubling fate as climate change strips away its snow cover. This loss not only hampers tree growth but also threatens carbon absorption, with studies predicting a staggering decline of over one million tonnes of carbon storage each year by the century's end, as roots suffer from freeze-thaw cycles.

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Vermont's Mount Mansfield State Forest is facing a troubling fate as climate change strips away its snow cover. This loss not only hampers tree growth but also threatens carbon absorption, with studies predicting a staggering decline of over one million tonnes of carbon storage each year by the century's end, as roots suffer from freeze-thaw cycles.