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There is a German word that translates as forest death that I cannot recall. It was coined when tree farms became a thing and they quickly learned that creating
by DoreenMichele 5y ago
There is a German word that translates as forest death that I cannot recall. It was coined when tree farms became a thing and they quickly learned that creating a monoculture of all the same kind of tree undermined their health.
Trees thrive in a climate of diversity.
We've known for years that trees do things like give off chemicals when insects attack or give off a pulse when chopped into, like a scream not intended for human ears.
- Tomte 5y agoWaldsterben, but it's traditionally connected specifically to acid rain.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoI'm not readily finding an (English language) origin story online for the term and since it's a German word, searching brings up mostly German resources and my German isn't that good. Here is an English language piece on forest dieback: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_dieback https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_dieback I recall the story from some college class I had but my memory isn't what it used to be. Perhaps I'm wrong about the origin story. Thank you for supplying the word. I always want to say waldtot and I know that's not right.
- wolverine876 5y ago> I'm not readily finding an (English language) origin story online for the term FWIW, in English it goes back at least to a Nov. 1983 Financial Times article, by which time the term was apparently very well known in Germany: "A survey conducted in mid-summer by the Allensbach Institute revealed that 99 per cent of those asked had heard of Waldsterben—the death of Germany's forests."