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Global warming harms national parks more than rest of U.S., study finds
NBC "News" ^ | September 24, 2018 | by James Rainey

Posted on 09/25/2018 6:48:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Temperatures have gone up in U.S. national parks twice as fast as in the rest of the country. And it's going to get worse, a new study finds.

Joshua Tree National Park in the Southern California desert could lose almost all its joshua trees. An adorable alpine mammal, the American pika, might disappear from its favorite roosts, like the high country of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Montana’s Glacier National Park could even find itself glacier-less.

These and other severe outcomes are projected to be coming to America’s 417 national parks, monuments and preserves, if the worst impacts of climate change are not staved off by massive reductions in greenhouse gases, according a new study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin.

Using previous data that they aggregated and reassessed, the researchers concluded that under the worst-case scenario, no reduction in earth-warming greenhouse gases, temperatures would increase between 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit and 16.2 degrees Fahrenheit. The most severe increases would hit Alaska’s North Slope, where grizzly bears, caribou, polar bears and other sensitive species make their homes.

The best hope for reducing the impacts would be for governments, companies and individuals to help the U.S. and other nations get carbon dioxide and its sister contaminants under control, the report’s authors said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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1 posted on 09/25/2018 6:48:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Mind blowing of how selective climate change is at picking which spots to heat up more than others.


2 posted on 09/25/2018 6:50:37 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I almost posted this yesterday but didn’t want to ruin you run about Goebels warming.


3 posted on 09/25/2018 6:51:57 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

National parks suck


4 posted on 09/25/2018 6:52:18 AM PDT by lesko
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according a new study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin

Stopped reading right there.

5 posted on 09/25/2018 6:53:00 AM PDT by Starboard
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We should abolish all statutes to the Wright Brothers and ban airplanes. That should help.


6 posted on 09/25/2018 6:53:50 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These and other severe outcomes are projected to be coming to America’s 417 national parks, monuments and preserves, if the worst impacts of climate change are not staved off by massive reductions in greenhouse gases, according a new study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin.

...

I wonder what kind of career an honest person could have at either place?


7 posted on 09/25/2018 6:54:48 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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[Temperatures have gone up in U.S. national parks twice as fast as in the rest of the country. And it’s going to get worse, a new study finds.]

Beyond idiocy. They’ll say anything for money.


8 posted on 09/25/2018 6:54:53 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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We’ve camped, hiked, climbed and rafted many of our national parks.

Two things effect change on them:

1) Natural events, over which we have no control.

2) Stupid, ignorant, brainless government decisions - typically made in Washington D.C.


9 posted on 09/25/2018 6:55:43 AM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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....and its sister contaminants under control.]

The goalposts have been moved yet again.


10 posted on 09/25/2018 6:56:11 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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We have a federal bird reserve here and they have signs out “educating” all who read how the rising seas will destroy the ecosystem. The Federal environMENTALists at the center spew their psuedo-science and have great eye rolls full of disgust for anyone who differs in their climate religion.

Tomorrow I’m going there with a cup of ice. I’ll let it sit awhile, come back and start asking those folks who drank the cup of ice because there is less in the cup. Then again, I like walking there, I don’t want to be kicked out for lambasting their facts by consensus.


11 posted on 09/25/2018 6:58:22 AM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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What with the increased evaporation, Crater Lake National Park will become Crater National Park. How stupid do these people think we are?


12 posted on 09/25/2018 6:59:56 AM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I blame illegals. For the good of planet earth send them back from wince they came!


13 posted on 09/25/2018 7:00:32 AM PDT by Leep
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“Temperatures have gone up in U.S. national parks twice as fast as in the rest of the country”

Two times zero is what?


14 posted on 09/25/2018 7:00:57 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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2016 CO2 output, in kt
China = 10.6
U.S.A. = 5.1
All EU = 3.5
.India. = 2.5
Russia = 1.7
Japan = 1.3
Germany = 0.8

China continues to increase output at an alarming rate, while the EU and US reduce output... and the Left pretends that we are the problem.

15 posted on 09/25/2018 7:02:56 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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The best I can tell this was published in a garbage online journal.

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aade09/meta


16 posted on 09/25/2018 7:04:33 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bullshit


17 posted on 09/25/2018 7:11:28 AM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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Does this story offer any guidance on what may become of the
Wisconsin Glaciation National Park and specifically the half mile plus thick glacier that covers Chicago?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_glaciation


18 posted on 09/25/2018 7:17:09 AM PDT by Freedumb
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Globull warming

19 posted on 09/25/2018 7:18:41 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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Temperatures have gone up in U.S. national parks twice as fast as in the rest of the country...

And sea levels have risen 2" in floriduh, 4" in new york, -2" in England...

Like water seeking its level, so does/will temperature.

20 posted on 09/25/2018 7:20:37 AM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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