Death Valley is alive this year. A super bloom is the latest sign.

Washington Post ^ | 13/4/24 | Reis Thebault, Alice Li and Bridget Bennett

[Eleutheria5]

TECOPA, Calif. — Sometimes the desert holds its secrets close, whispering them only to those who carefully listen. But this year, the hottest and driest place in America might as well be shouting.

In California’s Death Valley region, the last few months have been remarkably loud. And the latest bellow is still ringing out, with the area’s native wildflowers bursting into bloom. The flowers have filled a place best known for its shades of browns and grays with brilliant blasts...

[Eleutheria5]

Will maple trees survive global warming? I’m diabetic, so da’sn’t use maple syrup, but that would be a downside for those who like it.

[Eleutheria5]

That would be the final answer to Greta Thunberg.

[Freest Republican]

Thanks for posting this article.

It reminds me to check out the pics elsewhere.

[KC Burke]

Certain years the Painted Desert area is magnificent but most years its just so-so.

[af_vet_1981]

Thread is worthless without pictures of desert blooming

[Eleutheria5]

As Af Vet 81 has pointed out, please post some pics on this thread when you find them.

[Yardstick]

True but it would be offset by an abundance of Canadian mango syrup. Basically Canada would switch to a mango economy. Maple trees would grow at the North Pole so die hard maple syrup fans would still have a source...

[Eleutheria5]

And with mangos you can make amba, the best seasoning sauce to ever come from the Middle East.

[discostu]

There were a lot of storms that blew in from the Pacific, making Southern AZ’s winter monsoon (which is usually more of a “winter monsoon”) extremely wet, and of course to get here from there means going over Death Valley. And desert plants know the drill when there’s water in the ground grow fast, bloom hard and scatter seeds quick cause the water won’t last. Desert plants know that this is an anomaly, not the new normal.