Randy Jennings
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If this was a joke - it would go like this: "It's so hot outside (How hot is it?) That cactuses are dying in Phoenix." But it isn't a joke. "At a botanical garden in Phoenix some cactuses can’t take the heat. Record-high temperatures in Arizona, combined with a lack of seasonal monsoons, have caused saguaro cactuses at the Desert Botanical Garden to become “highly stressed,” according to Chief Science Officer Kimberlie McCue. She said a saguaro can appear “fairly normal” or feel somewhat squishy before it suddenly collapses and reveals it has been rotting from the inside out due to heat-related stress."
Full story with photo at: Phoenix's record heat is killing off cactuses | CNN
Full story with photo at: Phoenix's record heat is killing off cactuses | CNN