Climate change could cripple southwestern U.S. forests: Trees face rising drought stress and mortality as climate warms

Climate change could cripple southwestern U.S. forests: Trees face rising drought stress and mortality as climate warms

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Combine the tree-ring growth record with historical information, climate records, and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you get a grim picture for the future of trees in the southwestern United States, according to a new study.