The Dying Trees of France’s Canal du Midi
The banks along France’s Canal du Midi, are lined with trees so majestic that UNESCO called them “a work of art.” Now, those trees are dying, threatened by a fast killing fungus. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports on efforts to save the trees.
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