A new oak disease known as Acute Oak Decline has been killing Sessile and Pedunculate oak trees in the UK by the thousands. The disease is caused by a bacterial injection, and can kill the trees in just a few years. Researches are not certain if the disease is spread through the air, but they believe that people, squirrels, birds, and insects have played a role in spreading it. Tree organizations have labeled the disease a major threat, and have called for more funding to research the problem. Scientists claim that they have never seen a bacteria capable of causing so much damage and that the spread of it has been "alarming."
I am curious to know how this disease is spreading. It must truly be lethal for it to throw scientists into such a panic. I hope that researchers are able to fix the problem before too much damage is done. It is interesting that the United Kingdom has a history of damaging tree diseases. It causes me to wonder why there seem to be more cases of tree diseases there as opposed to other countries.
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