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Posted Fri Oct 16 2009: from Wall Street Journal:
Aspen Trees Die Across the West http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1255699406
[A] mysterious ailment -- or perhaps a combination of factors -- is killing hundreds of thousands of acres of the trees from Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona through Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and into Canada, according to the U.S. government and independent scientists.... That phenomenon was named Sudden Aspen Decline, or SAD, but scientists say they don't fully understand it. It could get worse. "SAD is progressing at an exponential rate," said Wayne Shepperd, who led research into aspen decline at the U.S. Forest Service before retiring to teach at Colorado State University. And it has left many locals reeling. "My God, it was a sad year," said landscape photographer Richard Voninski.
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'Doc Michael says:
Great acronym, guys!
"SAD is progressing at an exponential rate" may be the iconic description of the human condition, these days.

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