Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Archives

Study Uses 1988 Yellowstone Fires To Measure Future Bark Beetle Vulnerability In Western Forests

November 8, 2016

A new forest study is using the 1988 Yellowstone fires to map out whether burned forests are more susceptible to bark beetle outbreaks in the future.

Major Yellowstone Fires Could Become Yearly Occurrence: Study

July 27, 2011

1988 Yellowstone National Park Fires

Climate change could severely impact Yellowstone National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem by 2050, with serious wildfires occurring yearly and forests becoming wide-open prairies, according to a scientific study released Monday.