What’s Joshua Tree National Park Without Joshua Trees?
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 02.06.08 | 7:09 AM ET
That’s what park rangers and visitors are wondering, given a new prediction that in just 50 to 100 years global warming will make the southern California park too warm to support its namesake trees. I’ve spent a lot of time at Joshua Tree park, hiking, playing on boulders and even shivering through the 2000 New Year’s Eve there.
I can only hope the naysayers in this NPR report who insist the trees will survive, at least at higher park elevations, are right.
Related on World Hum:
* The Winding Road to Joshua Tree
Photo by provia_17 via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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Jim Benning is the cofounder and coeditor of World Hum.
Rachel 02.06.08 | 5:17 PM ET
This is sad news. What a tragedy it would be if those trees are lost.
Rani 02.25.08 | 3:44 PM ET
That’s awful. I went to Joshua Tree with my father almost 10 years ago. It was beautiful. Climbing the boulders was a unique experience I’d like to enjoy again.