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Uncertain Future for Joshua Trees Projected with Climate Change
By Chris Clarke on 2011 03 24 at 2:33:53 pm | 2 comments | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x66c
This image, from April 2004, shows mortality of some adult Joshua trees resulting from years of hot-dry climate. During the prior year, this area received only 17 percent of its average precipitation and was 4 degrees F warmer than
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Dear President Obama
By Chris Clarke on 2011 01 28 at 9:17:49 pm | 0 comments | Shorter URL: http://coyot.es/x5tcThe State of the Union 2011 provides a reason to trot this poster out from a couple years ago:
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Cedar Canyon Road, July 31 2005
By Chris Clarke on 2009 05 18 at 6:43:55 pm | 5 comments
A month before, lightning strikes had sparked one of the worst fires in the East Mojave’s history. 71,000 acres burned in the course of a couple days.
My friend Matthew and I headed for the burn area to see it for ourselves.
The temperature
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Letters from the desert: DIY Rapture
By Chris Clarke on 2008 10 23 at 4:14:33 pm | 0 commentsThe bumper sticker on the Hummer in front of me at the traffic light got me thinking. It read:
“Don’t let the car fool you. My treasure is in heaven.”
I was stuck in traffic in Las Vegas, which heightened the effect a bit. I’d been hiking in the
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