The Black Death of 1348 was caused by gradual loss of the humus fertility found under forest trees.

1348年的黑死病是由森林树木下腐殖质的逐渐丧失引起的。

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This admittedly pretty series of waterfalls in a lush forest has been transformed into a death march for millions of cruise shippers on shore leave.

这公认的苍翠繁茂森林里的系列瀑布美景，已经变成了无数乘船游览爱好者们在岸上的死亡行军。

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Yet after her death at age 100, Grace Groner left Lake Forest College a gift of $7 million to be used for scholarships.

然而当格蕾斯•格鲁诺(Grace Groner)以100岁高龄去世后，她留给森林湖学院(Lake Forest College)700万美元作奖学金之用。

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They are the ambulance chasers of the forest floor, thriving on the death of trees and the rain that speeds their decay.

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But it would have added something to have examined more systematically the differences between cases where the science is clear (ozone after 1987) and where there was a fair amount of hype (forest death through acid rain).

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They are just tired of being hectored by scientists proclaiming certain apocalypses that never pan out: Examples include acid rain and the death of the forest, asteroids, the population bomb, and a catastrophic extinction of species that has eluded detection.

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