Climate change is slowly killing Yosemite forests | USA TODAY

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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