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In a way, it's easy to understand why people aren't frantic about dying trees. The pines, for instance, are camouflaged. So many are devoid of any needles, they masquerade as deciduous trees.
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Although actually, they are dead. The tree smack in the center of this photo is a pine without any needles.
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Here is yet another example, a few feet along the road. Even those that retain needles look frozen, like cadavers.
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Newly planted nursery stock are succumbing to toxic gases at the same devastating rate as older specimens.
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Here are old, established trees. The conifer on the right has no needles left whatsoever, and the conifer on the left is thin and will soon match its neighbor.
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In front of them is a deciduous tree, also exhibiting signs of imminent death - holes, lost bark, absent terminal growth. I don't know what it's going to take for people to recognize the carnage that surrounds them. It is likely to be a very interesting spring!
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This video, which has lovely footage and music, was actually produced in Greece.
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This video, which has lovely footage and music, was actually produced in Greece.
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