Disease and death in forest trees in central Europe as a result of atmospheric pollution.
（大气污染造成的欧洲中部的）森林树木死亡
the politicians of Europe were galvanized by Waldsterben unlike any environmental issue
Example sentencesExamples
Back in the 80s I did several feature stories for American Forests Magazine on Waldsterben.
Acid rain from fossil-fuel pollution damaged the forest that remained so much that the term Waldsterben (forest death) was coined a few decades ago.
In the case of Waldsterben in central Europe, three types of symptoms typify the recent changes that have taken place in many species of trees under a wide variety of ecological conditions.
The main causes of the pollution responsible for Waldsterben are industrial plants and traffic.
So the debate about what causes this deficiency has become central to the wider argument about Waldsterben.
Origin
1980s: from German, from Wald 'forest' + Sterben 'death'.