Hot and dry conditions triggered by climate change are killing the world's trees, according to a new report which examines dozens of scientific articles on the subject.
Tree Deaths Linked to Climate Change
![Bug infestations like the mountain pine beetle in this lodgepole pine forest in British Columbia, Canada may be in response to a changing climate. Photo credit: Northern Forest Products Association](https://gdb.voanews.com/5f45c290-472a-4971-8fe1-fcd975c2cdd2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bug infestations like the mountain pine beetle in this lodgepole pine forest in British Columbia, Canada may be in response to a changing climate. Photo credit: Northern Forest Products Association
![80-ci ildönümü qeyd edilən imperator Akihito - Tokio, 23 dekabr, 2013](https://gdb.voanews.com/1104887e-91d9-43e6-a4ac-fb5e9d02ea9c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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80-ci ildönümü qeyd edilən imperator Akihito - Tokio, 23 dekabr, 2013
![Heat stress kills ponderosa pine in New Mexico. Photo credit: Craig Allen, USGS](https://gdb.voanews.com/afce79b8-82e4-49ba-8654-277b238c4a6e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Heat stress kills ponderosa pine in New Mexico. Photo credit: Craig Allen, USGS
![The sudden Colorado aspen tree die-off near Fairplay, Colorado in 2009 has been linked to climate change. Photo credit: William Anderegg](https://gdb.voanews.com/6f6100d5-6137-470a-a01a-8c3bf23f4b56_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The sudden Colorado aspen tree die-off near Fairplay, Colorado in 2009 has been linked to climate change. Photo credit: William Anderegg
![Scientists seek more data to better predict climate impacts on this pinyon pine grove in New Mexico and forests elsewhere around the globe. Photo credit: Craig Allen, USGS](https://gdb.voanews.com/04d1d7c4-6350-4568-b6ce-28a7b401cf8b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Scientists seek more data to better predict climate impacts on this pinyon pine grove in New Mexico and forests elsewhere around the globe. Photo credit: Craig Allen, USGS
![Drought triggered this forest die-off in Argentina in 2004. Photo credit: Thomas Kitzberger](https://gdb.voanews.com/5f469293-dc77-4219-9687-1a18291e3d88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Drought triggered this forest die-off in Argentina in 2004. Photo credit: Thomas Kitzberger
![Forests around the globe are at risk from climate change like this forest die-off in Spain because of a drought. Photo credit: Rafael Navarro-Cerrillo](https://gdb.voanews.com/f493e562-24c6-41c8-bf15-ed9a6b8cf76d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Forests around the globe are at risk from climate change like this forest die-off in Spain because of a drought. Photo credit: Rafael Navarro-Cerrillo
![Aspen, the most common tree in North America, is suffering from what scientists call sudden drought-induced death from climate change. Photo credit: Kimberly Pham](https://gdb.voanews.com/491bcab1-c98c-4188-8c50-a1260cc4aac2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Aspen, the most common tree in North America, is suffering from what scientists call sudden drought-induced death from climate change. Photo credit: Kimberly Pham
![Scientists are monitoring this grove of Aspen in western Colorado to see how the trees respond to increasingly warmer temperatures. Photo credit: Kimberly Pham](https://gdb.voanews.com/1f496256-8fab-4703-b6ad-b8ea69e43557_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Scientists are monitoring this grove of Aspen in western Colorado to see how the trees respond to increasingly warmer temperatures. Photo credit: Kimberly Pham