Is global warming responsible for the pine beetle spread or is it something else?

Ah yes, the hysteria that surrounds global warming and manmade climate change can sometimes be deafening.  Here is Colorado we hear about it all the time in relation to the pine beetle outbreak in our beautiful mountains. 

It has been said that man is responsible and the beetle is a harbinger of ecological doom.  That statement isn’t entirely false.  Yes, man is partially responsible for the outbreak but not in the way alarmists would like you to believe. 

From the Climate Change Examiner:

A tiny little bug about the size of a grain of rice has become a focal point in the debate about manmade climate change. Over the last 12 years, the mountain pine beetle has spread quickly through the Mountain West and Canada killing millions of acres of pine trees.

The beetle thrives when conditions are drier and warmer than average and some experts have blamed its spread on manmade climate change and a warming environment. From Canada south to Colorado, images of acres of dead, brown trees amongst their healthy neighbors make for a stark picture of what may be forests in decline.

Global warming activists have been quick to seize on the pine beetle ‘epidemic’ as a sign of things to come and an impending ecological disaster. In truth, drawing the line between manmade climate change and the pine beetle outbreak is a stretch that few experts make. Rather, most see the outbreak as a natural function of forests and in many ways it is Mother Nature correcting man’s previous mistakes.

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