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Dead Spruce Forest in Harz National Park

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Dead Spruce Forest in Harz National Park

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  • Location: Ilsenburg (Harz), Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    September 15, 2022

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    In many places in the Harz you can currently experience this climate damage up close
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    November 20, 2022

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    We see a new forest growing, that's also something positive in the whole bark beetle mess.
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    June 18, 2023

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    The bark beetle is not to blame, but man and the climatic changes. A man-made spruce monoculture is susceptible to various diseases. The bark beetle does the rest. It does not infest healthy trees. So the beetle is not to blame.
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