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Credit: Michigan State University.

Trees. They provide shade. They turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. They’re the perfect shape for hugging. Unless they’re riddled with disease. There are dozens of diseases that sicken or kill trees in the United States. There also are bugs that make trees more prone to disease, like the Emerald Ash Borer, first found in Detroit in 2002.

The bug, native to Asia, likely arrived h… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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