Extreme heat and the limits of tree and forest resilience

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02679-wThe 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome shows how acute thermal stress challenges prevailing assumptions about ecological resilience and adaptation. Extreme heat events are revealing physiological limits in forests that are not captured by conventional climate risk frameworks.

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