Drought-associated woody-plant mortality has been increasing in most regions with multi-
decadal records and is projected to increase in the future, impacting terrestrial climate …

Earth's forests face grave challenges in the Anthropocene, including hotter droughts
increasingly associated with widespread forest die-off events. But despite the vital …

Climate tip** points occur when change in a part of the climate system becomes self-
perpetuating beyond a warming threshold, leading to substantial Earth system impacts …

Recent observations of elevated tree mortality following climate extremes, like heat and
drought, raise concerns about climate change risks to global forest health. We currently lack …

Pulses of tree mortality caused by drought have been reported recently in forests around the
globe, but large-scale quantitative evidence is lacking for Europe. Analyzing high-resolution …

In recent years, technological advances have led to the increasing use of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) for forestry applications. One emerging field for drone application is forest …

Extreme climatic events threaten forests and their climate mitigation potential globally.
Understanding the drivers promoting ecosystem stability is therefore considered crucial for …

Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

As of 2020, the world has an estimated 290 million ha of planted forests and this number is
continuously increasing. Of these, 131 million ha are monospecific planted forests under …

Outbreaks of tree-killing insects are intensifying globally, affecting economies, human well-
being, and driving ecosystem transitions. The Czech Republic has recently become …