Climate Change

Weir Farm National Historical Park Receives Funding For Forests, Grasslands

Efforts to sustain native forests and restore eastern grasslands are the focus of $410,000 in funding received by Weir Farm National Historical Park in Connecticut.

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By Compiled From N... - March 7th, 2024 2:30am

Interior Department Spending $195 Million On Climate Projects In National Parks

Nearly $200 million is scheduled to be spent over the next decade across the National Park System on projects focused on climate restoration and resilience projects, the Biden administration has announced.

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By NPT Staff - February 28th, 2024 10:52am

Baseline Climate Data Being Collected For Southwestern Park Units

Baseline climate data is being collected at four National Park System units in the Southwest to help the National Park Service understand how best to respond to predicted climate futures and their impacts.

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By NPT Staff - January 31st, 2024 2:30am

An Arborist’s Challenge: Saving John Muir's Giant Sequoia

The John Muir tree is in serious trouble. The giant sequoia towers 80 feet over the landscape, but its vibe is scrawny — a scarred trunk beneath a skimpy top half, where sparse branches wear scraggly foliage. Gone is the bushy canopy seen in its historic photos. Needles are entirely brown, not a good look for an evergreen’s mantle.

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By Rita Beamish - January 7th, 2024 2:30am

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"Global Mass Coral Bleaching And Mortality Event" Expected To Hit Caribbean Parks Hard

The pace of warming oceans is pointing to "a global mass coral bleaching and mortality event over the next 12 to 24 months," with much of the damage being done to coral reefs within national parks in the Caribbean.

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By Kurt Repanshek - December 7th, 2023 1:16pm

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Op-Ed | To Protect National Parks, We Must Take Urgent Climate Action Now

National parks are among America’s most beloved institutions, yet they face a grave threat. Climate change is here, and we need to act quickly to protect our parks from its worst consequences.

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By Kurt Repanshek - September 27th, 2023 2:30am

Collaboration Launched To Save Whitebark Pines On National Park Lands

The federal government is going to try to return whitebark pine, a threatened species, to parts of Glacier, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone national parks under a program with American Forests that is being funded with $44 million from the Inflation Reduction Act.

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By Compiled From N... - September 27th, 2023 2:30am

Sea-Level Rise Threatens To Erase Park Units

Across the country, national park units are grappling with the likelihood that a portion of their land could become inundated and their habitats significantly altered by sea-level rise in the not-too-distant future

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By Lori Sonken - September 17th, 2023 3:00am

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Sun Shades Designed To Protect Corals From Ocean Heat Wave

In a bid to help corals survive during rising ocean temperatures, scientists have erected sun shades above elkhorn corals, a threatened species, at Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida.

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By NPT Staff - September 10th, 2023 2:30am

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Hot Ocean Waters Wash Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, And Everglades National Parks

What are the impacts of abnormally high ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and around Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades national parks?

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 13th, 2023 9:35am

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