“Yosemite’s largest glacier, once a mile wide, is almost gone.” Yosemite geologist Greg Stock and Yosemite Conservancy naturalist Pete Devine said their research doesn’t prove global warming is behind ...
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (WSVN) – The recent winter season in Yosemite National Park, characterized by its severity and subsequent temporary closure, has brought both hope and concern for the ...
The mountain glaciers of Yosemite National Park are projected to melt away in 75 years or less. Now, new research finds that their loss will be the first time humans have ever seen the Sierra Nevada ...
California may be known as the Golden State, with its shimmering beaches and warm Mediterranean climate. But clinging to the rooftop of the High Sierra are the last remnants of glaciers that have ...
Photos of the East Lyell glacier in Yosemite National Park. Top: September 1883 (Israel Russell / U.S. Geological Survey); Bottom: September 2022 (Greg Stock / National Park Service) (CN) — The ...
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which ...
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Standing guard over the valley, Sentinel Rock’s near-vertical north face was carved by dramatic rockfalls that split the cliffside. Weathering and erosion continue to sculpt Yosemite Valley, and ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Yosemite National Park officials have announced that Glacier Point and Tioga Roads are now closed for the season. Park officials say the roads typically close each fall, ...
(CNN) - A U.N. group of researchers has released a new alarming report about our planet’s climate crisis. The group discovered that a third of the planet’s most iconic glaciers are on track to ...
Yosemite looked very different one hundred million years ago. Towering volcanoes existed here then making up a vast mountain chain similar to the modern Andes Mountains in South America. Deep beneath ...