Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 U.S. Southwest hot drought.
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16214
Abstract: Earth's ecosystems are increasingly threatened by "hot drought," which occurs when hot air temperatures coincide with precipitation deficits, intensifying the hydrological, physiological, and ecological effects of drought by enhancing evaporative losses of soil moisture and… read more here.
Keywords: gpp; record; 2020 southwest; hot drought ... See more keywords
The 2018 hot drought pushed conifer wood formation to the limit of its plasticity: Consequences for woody biomass production and tree ring structure.
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DOI: 10.1111/plb.13399
Abstract: Hot droughts are expected to increase in Europe and disturb forest ecosystem functioning. Wood formation of trees has the potential to adapt to those events by compensatory mechanisms between the rates and durations of tracheid… read more here.
Keywords: tree ring; hot drought; drought; wood formation ... See more keywords
Central European 2018 hot drought shifts Scots Pine forest to its tipping point.
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DOI: 10.1111/plb.13455
Abstract: The occurrence of hot drought, i.e. low water availability simultaneous with high air temperature, represents a severe threat to ecosystems. Here, we investigated how the 2018 hot drought in Central Europe caused a tipping point… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; scots pine; tipping point; hot drought ... See more keywords