A new report shows that Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is among the 25 National Parks that will be most devastated by climate change. The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization just released a report “National Parks in Peril: The Threat of Climate Disruption” outlining the impacts of global warming on our national parks.
Unfortunately, Indiana Dunes is expected to continue to suffer from a loss of snow and ice, harsh downpours and flooding, damaged plant and wildlife, a loss of fishing and increased air pollution. Each of the 25 parks found to be in serious danger have a fact sheet dedicated to the impact expected there. The full report outlines recommendations for halting the damage currently going on and ways to avoic the worse case scenario that climate change could bring to our National Parks.
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