With fire, warming and drought, Yellowstone forests could be grassland by mid-century
Friday, January 18, 2019 - 09:10
in Earth & Climate
The fires in Yellowstone National Park began to burn in June 1988. A natural feature of the landscape, park managers expected the fires to fizzle out by July, when rains historically drenched the forests and valleys of the world’s first national park. But the rains never came. Unusually hot, dry and windy that year, more […]