dead trees

[skippercollector]

Anyone driving through Ohio will notice the huge amount of dead trees. The deciduous ones were ash. The emerald ash borer has decimated the ash tree population.
The coniferous trees were pine. Ohio never really had the climate nor the soil to support pine trees to begin with, and the weird summer weather we've had in the past 10 years (either really, really hot and dry some years and cool and very, very rainy other years) was more than the pine trees could handle. Now it looks like the spruces are dying off as well.

[mahina]

1. Im sorry to hear it.

[liberal N proud]

2. We have a lot of oak in this part of Ohio

I have noticed the leaves don't look healthy on many trees. The ones in our yard seem unusually stressed. Leaves have spots and some have turned early.

[egold2604]

3. All the trees are dying

Forests are ecological superheroes—they ventilate the planet, nurture the most biodiverse habitats on Earth, and regulate global climate and carbon cycles. From the poles to the equator, our survival is completely dependent on healthy woodlands.

But according to the latest issue of Science, which is devoted to forest health, every major forest biome is struggling. While each region suffers from unique pressures, the underlying thread that connects them all is undeniably human activity.

For example, the first of the special issue’s studies, led by forest ecologist Sylvie Gauthier, outlined the threats faced by boreal forests, which represent the largest forest habitats on Earth. These high-latitude woodlands are primarily coniferous, made up of pines, spruces, and larches, and stretch from the expansive forests of Canada to the Russian taiga.

More at link

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/every-forest-biome-on-earth-is-actively-dying-right-now

[skippercollector]

4. trees in trouble documentary

This article was in the Nov. 5, 2015, issue of The Cincinnati Enquirer. I wish I had known about this documentary showing earlier.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/11/04/trees-trouble-documentary-cincinnati-oakley/75156822/