As the climate in the northeastern US is getting warmer and wetter, beech trees are replacing maple and birch in the forests there. This is not good news because beech trees are less valuable than maples and birch, which can be used for furniture or maple syrup production instead of for firewood like beech. Tourism is also likely to decline if maples and their fiery red color decrease as a percent of fall foliage. You can read more in Boston.com at https://www.boston.com/news/science/2018/02/25/beech-trees-are-booming-in-new-england-heres-why-thats-a-bad-thing.
