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You know, I feel like the wildfires and the smoke are very visual examples of climate change. I mean, do you think that fires could impact how people are thinking about climate change and what needs to be done?

You know, I feel like the wildfires and the smoke are very visual examples of climate change. I mean, do you think that fires could impact how people are thinking about climate change and what needs to be done?

You know, I feel like the wildfires and the smoke are very visual examples of climate change. I mean, do you think that fires could impact how people are thinking about climate change and what needs to be done?

Hey, everybody. Maddie Safaya here with shortwave reporter Emily Kwong. Hey, Maddie. Hey, Kwong. You've been delving into the mystery of what happened to one of the most significant trees in the United States, the American chestnut.

Hey, everybody. Maddie Safaya here with shortwave reporter Emily Kwong. Hey, Maddie. Hey, Kwong. You've been delving into the mystery of what happened to one of the most significant trees in the United States, the American chestnut.

Hey, everybody. Maddie Safaya here with shortwave reporter Emily Kwong. Hey, Maddie. Hey, Kwong. You've been delving into the mystery of what happened to one of the most significant trees in the United States, the American chestnut.

Today on the show, the death and potential rebirth of the American chestnut tree, how science is trying to give this functionally extinct tree a fresh start and how that has created some controversy. OK, Kwong, the mysterious disappearance of the American chestnut tree. Take it away.

Today on the show, the death and potential rebirth of the American chestnut tree, how science is trying to give this functionally extinct tree a fresh start and how that has created some controversy. OK, Kwong, the mysterious disappearance of the American chestnut tree. Take it away.

Today on the show, the death and potential rebirth of the American chestnut tree, how science is trying to give this functionally extinct tree a fresh start and how that has created some controversy. OK, Kwong, the mysterious disappearance of the American chestnut tree. Take it away.

Pustules are never good.

Pustules are never good.

Pustules are never good.

Poor little trees never get to grow up.

Poor little trees never get to grow up.

Poor little trees never get to grow up.

So the big, strong trees, they were basically gone.

So the big, strong trees, they were basically gone.

So the big, strong trees, they were basically gone.

So we can grow and essentially reproduce on its own in nature.

So we can grow and essentially reproduce on its own in nature.