Dead Trees and a Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Reveal Bigger Quake Risk for Seattle

New massive earthquake threat to Seattle revealed in ancient trees

Along the marshy backroads of the mid-Atlantic, some 40,000 acres of dead trees spear the sky, an insidious symptom of climate change. Our latest news feature at Front Matter (the magazine of PNAS) explores efforts to map these ghost forests and what's at stake for coastal communities.

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