Beech trees are dying, and nobody's sure why
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A confounding new disease is killing beech trees in Ohio and elsewhere, and plant scientists are sounding an alarm while looking for an explanation. Researchers and naturalists in northeastern Ohio report on the emerging 'beech leaf disease' epidemic, calling for speedy work to find a culprit so that work can begin to stop its spread.