Wood-eating beetles may make wildfires emit even more carbon

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An experiment tests how holes from tree-killing beetles affect carbon emissions when wood burns

Shudong Zhang et al. 2025

Beetle attacks on dead wood could boost the amount of carbon released during wildfires.

“The beetles do make a difference,” says

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at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Researchers already knew that, by killing trees, insect infestations in forests can alter the risk of wildfires. Many species of beetles and other insects also eat downed trees on the forest floor, leaving tracks and holes in…

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