About 183,000 trees in Northumberland will be lost to a fungal disease, a council has warned. Ash dieback could kill 90-95% of European ash trees in Northumberland and the local authority says it ...
It has "devastated" the European ash variety, it said. The council said about 165 dead or dangerous trees will be removed at Crosshill, 35 at Whalley Moor Community Woodland, and one at Salthill.
The trees were found to have been weakened by the fungal disease after a survey was carried out of about 5,000. The infection originated in Asia but has devastated European ash populations since ...
Efforts are underway to restore elms through breeding programmes focused on disease-tolerant varieties, such as those led by ...
This variability could inform the development of hardier ash trees, resistant to both the invasive beetles and rising ...
The ash cloud produced by the eruption of a sub-glacial volcano in Iceland brought chaos to the European air industry between 14 and 21 April. Since then, disruption to flights has continued ...