That’s not a type on the title. Northern Arizona University researchers may have found a way to deter tree eating bark beetles from devastating forests.
Nearly 80 million ponderosa, piñon and lodgepole pines in Arizona and New Mexico and tens of millions more across the West have been killed by ravenous bark beetles over the past decade. This has left ugly scars throughout our forests, weakened the surrounding ecosystem and heightened wildfire danger.
NAU’s School of Forestry has been working to find a viable, earth-friendly solution. Researcher Reagan McGuire suggested utilizing sound to aggravate the relentless pests. After rock music and snippets of radio talk show personality Rush Limbaugh played backward failed to deter [...]