As the driest summer in Seattle’s record books ended, trees across the city were sounding silent alarms. It was the latest in a string of Seattle summers in the last decade, including a record-breaking heat dome in 2021, to feature drier conditions and hotter temperatures that have left many trees with premature brown leaves and…
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Worsening climate change is stressing city trees’ carbon-absorbing capabilities. Arborists in Seattle, Washington, are seeing signs of stress such as browning leaves and bald branches.