# Phoenix, Arizona

Type: place

Source: Climate Intelligence Brief — https://getclimatebrief.com/entity/phoenix-arizona
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## Timeline

- **2026-06-27**: Interview amid extreme heat — Vickers speaks to The Epoch Times as temperature reaches 118°F, reporting minimal saguaro flowering and ongoing internal tissue collapse.
- **2023**: Record hot/dry summer — National Park Service declares summer 2023 among the hottest and driest on record in the Sonoran Desert.
- **2020**: Onset of severe saguaro decline — Vickers first notices saguaros slumping and dying across the Phoenix landscape, coinciding with a hot, dry monsoon season.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### At 118°F, Arizona's 'Cactus Doctor' Tracks Saguaro Die-Off Since 2020
2026-06-28 10:42:27 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Adam Vickers, the 'Cactus Doctor,' warns that Phoenix's saguaros are succumbing to extreme heat, with internal tissue failure and reduced flowering threatening the keystone species. His observations since 2020 align with record-hot, dry summers in the Sonoran Desert.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/climate-saguaro-decline-cactus-doctor

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