National Parks REPORT CARD
Tags: GLOBAL temperature changes; NATIONAL parks & reserves
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- TRENDS, ISSUES, VIEWS AND NEWS. // National Wildlife;Feb/Mar91, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p29
Presents news briefs related to environmental causes. Possibility that the world may experience effects from global warming sooner than expected; Conclusion of the U.S. National Parks and Conservation Association that both people and animals suffer from excessive crowds in parks; Report by the...
- refuge in white. Eliot, John L. // National Geographic;Dec2005, Vol. 208 Issue 6, p46
The article focuses on the polar bears of Wapusk National Park, on Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada. The area's biological diversity is huge. But a warming climate is shrinking the bay's ice; without it, polar bears cannot hunt. The national park's 2.8 million acres include coastal marsh, spruce...
- It's getting hot in here. Holbeck, Megan // Wild: Australia's Wilderness Adventure Magazine;Jan-Mar2006, Issue 99, p5
The article relates the author's support to the media attention being given to the issue of climate change. She recalls how the issue received little attention from mainstream media before. She offers personal observations in response to an article by scientist Tim Flannery published in the...
- MELTDOWN. Yulsman, Tom // Audubon;Dec2003, Vol. 105 Issue 4, p38
Focuses on the melting down of the Grinnell Glacier in Montana's Glacier National Park. Effect of the rising global temperature on the Grinnell Glacier; Information on how glaciers are formed; Background of the glacial expansion at the Glacier National Park.
- Increased funds for reserves welcomed. // Ecos;Jun/Jul2008, Issue 143, p6
The article elaborates the response of World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Australia on the government's plan to increase the National Reserve System's budget from $8 million to $36 million a year over five years in Australia. Such plan is welcomed by the organization because it has been calling for a...
- About Global Warming. Dougherty, Ryan // National Parks;Summer2004, Vol. 78 Issue 3, p29
Focuses on global warming risks faced by the ecosystem of national parks and reserves in the U.S. Signs and evidences of climate changes in the ecosystem of Glacier National Park in Montana; Cause of global climate change; Efforts of the National Parks Conservation Association to support...
- NATIONAL PARK FOREST CERTIFIED. // National Wildlife (World Edition);Feb/Mar2006, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p54
The article presents information on developments related to environmentalism. The Web site www.nwf.org/globalwarminq/states.cfm. discusses the impact of global warming's effects on wildlife and people in the United States. This Web site also throws light on the solutions being implemented by...
- Alaska. // Great American Wilderness;2000 3rd Edition, p417
Provides information on the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Facts and figures about the park; Auto tour/short stops; Special activities; Accommodations; Dining.
- Low-Frequency Signals in Midtropospheric Submonthly Temperature Variance. Iskenderian, Haig; Rosen, Richard D. // Journal of Climate;7/1/2000, Vol. 13 Issue 13, p2323
Low-frequency signals in the daily variability of temperature in the midtroposphere are investigated, thereby complementing published studies of changes in day-to-day temperature variability and in extreme weather events at the surface. The results are based upon approximately four decades of...
