In recent years, scientists in the Pacific Northwest have linked the decline of 10 native tree species to drought. In many cases, conditions that have brought about the decline are known as “hot ...

Causes of widespread foliar damage from the June 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome: more heat than drought. Tree Physiology , 2023; DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac143 Cite This Page : ...

Drought and high temperatures are contributing to the dieback of Western redcedar trees, an iconic species in Pacific Northwest forests. July 10, 2025 contribute now ...

Red cedar trees in the Pacific Northwest, known as climate canaries, are facing die-offs due to climate change-induced drought, forest health specialists say.

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They’ve been recorded to live for over 1,500 years. But these trees are now dying. For at least a decade, struggling and dead western redcedars have been reported throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The tips of Western red cedar, hemlock and Douglas fir limbs looked as if they were scorched by passing flames just a few days after the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 extreme heat wave. On June 28 ...

In summer of 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees as well as ...

In recent years, scientists in the Pacific Northwest have linked the decline of 10 native tree species to drought. In many cases, conditions that have brought about the decline are known as “hot ...

Iconic red cedars — known as the “Tree of Life” — and other tree species in the Pacific Northwest have been dying because of climate-induced drought, researchers say ...

In summer of 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees as well as ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a ...