Fog burned off by climate change threatens to stunt Muir Woods' majestic redwoods

Source: Marin Independent Journal

Thousands of people visit Muir Woods National Monument every year to take in its grand redwood trees, but climate change could dissipate the cooling, wet fog that enables those trees to grow to towering heights.

And it's not only Muir Woods that's in the dangerous path of climate change. Researchers warn the phenomenon could bring peril to many of Marin's natural wonders in the coming years as weather conditions change.

"It's trees at Muir Woods. It's a concern about sea level rise at Fort Baker. It's many things," said Alex Picavet, spokeswoman for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, part of the National Park Service. "But it's not only local. We are grappling with this across the country."

It could have no greater visible effect than in Muir Woods, where redwoods about 500 to 800 years old climb more than 200 feet toward the sky, providing a serene setting for visitors from Marin and around the world.

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We will have to get used to it

:shrug:

How do you get used to something that is dying? At some point we will have to accept it and start dealing with the consequences.

also, are you suggesting rather than to to reduce our contribution to the problem than we only try to address the consequences?

your comment is kind of cryptic and that's why i'm asking.

The US cannot seem to get a grip on reality. We will never do ANYTHING until the two party system goes away. One party is hell bend on going full blast into global warming oblivion and the other party is scared to even mention the possibility of its existence. Obama did not mention it once during his SOU speech, but within a few short years it will blow up in our faces.

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for many years....I had no idea that the fog was diminishing. I loved the fog...kept summers so comfortable.

Goddess, humans are killing this planet. May Mother Nature give us pathetic humans a demonstration of her power....and do it SOON!

Thank you for posting this. I had no idea that the fog was being affected.

F*ck stupid, unrecycling people.

of my trip to San Fransisco a few years ago. It was just so incredibly beautiful and serene. It's just hard to describe the feelings I had while I was there.

This news makes me very, very sad (and angry).

I love Muir Woods. :cry:

Muir Woods would have been milled and the valley flooded by the time Ronnie-Boy was born if if the last fine republican, Teddy Roosevelt, didn't invoke the The Antiquities Act.

The Antiquities Act of 1906 declares:

"The President of the United States is authorized in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be National Monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with proper care and management of the objects to be protected."

Bully for You, Teddy.

And bully for the redwood trees. I know they are tough and they will hang in there for a long long time despite adversity.

These trees only grow on the coast of north western American Continent, and in China. The ones in China only grow in preserves. American Redwoods grow in the wild. Around here they grow everywhere!