They forecast that if temperatures rise as projected by climate models, trees will face worse drought stress in the first half of the twenty-first century than they have experienced for 1, 000 years, probably driving a transformation of the ecosystem.

FORBES: Forests and Climate Change: a Combustible Combination

The cause of death could have been the result of a fungal infection or animal damage, but because there was no obvious cause, she increasingly suspects drought and heat stress.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Climate threat has plants quivering

The mysterious ailment was a new disease, or it was a response to drought, or to stress, or to toxins.

NEWYORKER: Stung

As the Nature piece notes, a 2010 study found that reports of drought-related forest stress and destruction had risen steadily since 1985 in varied ecosystems around the world, and suggested the pattern was tied to climate change.

FORBES: Forests and Climate Change: a Combustible Combination

Additionally, villages at Dingarh where the PCRWR project is underway will also be targeted and linked to this endeavor to support the development of alternate means of livelihood to reduce stress on the limited water resources of the drought area.

UNESCO: CULTURE

Ranchers and farmers have complained for years about the damage feral pigs can cause, but federal and state officials said the loss of crops, the spread of noxious weeds as the pigs carry seeds to new spots and the stress they put on endangered species and other wildlife is now worse due to a persistent drought that has hammered two-thirds of the country.

NPR: $1M Pilot Project Aims To Take Out Feral Pigs