Australians are bracing for a hot spring and summer. The Bureau of Meteorology has finally declared El Niño is underway , making warmer and drier conditions more likely for large parts of the country. And we've just watched the Northern Hemisphere swelter through their summer, making July 2023 Earth's hottest month on record . Renée M Prokopavicius Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology, Western Sydney University Belinda Medlyn Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Function and Integration, Western Sydney University David S Ellsworth Professor of Plant Eco-physiology, Western Sydney University Mark G Tjoelker Professor and Associate Director, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University We studied the effects of extreme heat on urban trees in Western Sydney during Australia's record-breaking summer of 2019-20.

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