Study finds 77% of US national parks are highly vulnerable to climate change

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• Terrapinjoe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Upon first reading this headline, I felt pretty skeptical, but as I started mentally ticking off parks, it seems more likely

  Biscayne Bay- ocean acidification, Dry Tortugas and any island parks- sea level rise, Everglades - sea level rise and saltwater intrusion, Congaree - increased hurricanes, Acadia - wildfires, everything out west - desertification, California - forest fires…

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  • untorquer@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    They were selected to preserve the climate they contain but it turns out climate change changes climates.

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