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Giants with mud feet

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The giant Elm trees which found adoration in 3000-year-old scriptures are dying in the millions in Europe today. Their decimation is credited to beetles which spread a fungus causing the Dutch Elm disease. Scientists have used insecticides, vaccines, used GM tech to prevent the disease in trees. But the fungus rapidly adapted to new conditions leaving the fate of the Elm trees in grave danger.

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