First it was birds falling out of the sky in Louisiana and Texas. Then hundreds of tiny crabs were found dead on a beach in England. Large numbers of dead fish were found washed up on beaches in Arkansas, Maryland and New Zealand in January, and now they’re turning up in Florida. Even pine trees are dying!
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First it was birds falling out of the sky and hundreds of dead fish washing up on beaches. Now the pine trees in Montana are dying. There may be no Christmas trees in Montana next year. On MSNBC.com, Laura Zuckerman quotes plant disease expert Linnea Skoglund as sying, "As we go through winter, these trees are continuing to die; it’s one big laboratory out there." She quotes forestry specialist Peter Kolb as saying, "In this past year it’s become an epidemic throughout Montana." It can’t have to do with something in the soil, because the tree death starts at the TOP and gradually works its way down the trunk.read more
It’s not just birds that are dying: Arkansas officials are investigating the death of 100,000 fish in a lake in a town near Little Rock and suspect disease is to blame. CNN quotes Game & Fish Commissioner Keith Stephens as saying, "The fish kill only affected one species of fish. If it was from a pollutant, it would have affected all of the fish, not just drum fish."
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