A 22-year drought, fires and hotter summers from climate change are threatening Yosemite National Park's landscape.
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The nation's national parks are places so awe-inspiring they were meant to be forever preserved, "unimpaired" for future generations.
That's no longer possible. Last year the park service published a landmark document laying out the harsh realities of global warming. In most of the nation's parks, much will change, not everything can be saved and some things will be lost forever. The report outlines how park officials must plan in earnest for "unprecedented" future conditions.
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Not just Yosemite. All over the west.
no it is the damn chem trailing and that is the ELEPHANT in the room facts are facts
Weather manipulation deniers…
How can we be sure it’s climate change and not MAGA Republicans causing it? 🤣
Did anyone ever think that the earth is sinking ,with sink holes appearing in many places,as well because the oil rigs n drilling are Sucking the Life of out The Earth?
LOL,one too many Tide Pods this morning?
Global warming
We should send $100 Billion to Ukraine to fix this. And bring in 20 million more illegal immigrants needing water.
Nonsense
Guess you haven’t visited lately.
Top scientists in the country did a five hundred year temperature variation study says temperatures have not varied on average by 3 % . Fact look it up for yourself
Sucks. Was one of my favorite places to go in the 70’s.
It has been destroyed 1000 times in the past 10,000 years. Thats life.