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What Happened To The American Chestnut Tree?
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:12:48
Publish Date: 2019-12-20 09:00:45
Description: In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard. The loss was ecologically devastating. Pod reporter Emily Kwong tells us how scientists are trying to resurrect the American chestnut tree — and recent controversy over a plan to plant genetically modified chestnuts in the wild.
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