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An Accident Waiting to Aspen
Aspens are dying mysteriously in the Western U.S. |
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26 Sep 2006 |
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| An Accident Waiting to Aspen Aspens are dying mysteriously in the Western U.S. Aspens, the most widely distributed trees in North America, are rapidly dying in some Western states -- and no one knows why. The culprit may be insects, or climatic stress, or overgrazing. Or all of those. Or none of them. It may be a lack of recent avalanches and fires, because aspens thrive in the aftermath of disaster. Or the aspen die-off may have been ... |
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