Climate change is muting fall colors, but it's just the latest way that humans have altered US forests
- Written by Marc Abrams, Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology, Penn State
Fall foliage season is a calendar highlight in states from Maine south to Georgia and west to the Rocky Mountains. It’s especially important in the Northeast, where fall colors attract an estimated US$8 billion in tourism revenues to New England every year.
As a forestry scientist, I’m often asked how climate change is affecting fall...