Successful Reforestation Is Keeping the Eastern U.S. Cooler
Successful Reforestation Is Keeping the Eastern U.S. CoolerParts of the southeastern and central U.S. haven’t warmed as much as the rest of the country. Reforestation could be partially responsible for this “warming hole”By Jude ColemanDolly Sods Wilderness, now a protected part of the Monongahela National Forest in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia, was logged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Credit: John M. Chase/Getty ImagesDespite climate change cranking up the heat across the U.S., several eastern…