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This Remote Canyon With Saguaros Is The Only Place In Arizona Where You'll Find A Surprising Native Tree
Prepare to see something wild and unexpected in this Arizona canyon, where a surprising tree defies the odds in the harsh and ...
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Even California’s Sonoran Desert is threatened by climate change
Locally, such trends may be hitting the Sonoran Desert first, since it is one of ... of species long thought to be very hardy, such as California juniper and pinyon pines, are shrinking or ...
Los Angeles Times2mon
To the Sonoran Desert, on a Mission
the renowned Franciscan colonizer of California, reached San Diego in 1769, another Catholic priest and explorer, Father Eusebio Kino, was working to establish missions in the Sonoran desert of ...
Science Friday2y
These Conservation Scientists Are Keeping The Sonoran Desert Diverse
with the northernmost regions in southern California and Arizona making up just one third of the desert. The majority of the Sonoran is within the Baja California peninsula and the Mexican state of ...
Arizona Daily Star1mon
Heat, drought ravaging saguaros, other Sonoran Desert cacti, study finds
“Our friends in Baja California Sur started reporting extreme ... trends since 1980 at all weather stations in the Sonoran Desert from Las Vegas south to Cabo San Lucas in Baja, and found ...
The Desert Sun2y
Study: Climate change is pushing the Sonoran Desert toward a weedier, barren future
The Sonoran Desert covers the southeastern corner of California, including the Coachella Valley, and stretches into southwest Arizona and the Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja ...
Los Angeles Times7mon
How a forgotten California border town became a hip hideaway — with hot springs and music
The first two surprises, as you roll up Old Highway 80 into this dry and silent Sonoran Desert town ... These are features that California daydreams are made of, and this emergent scene is ...
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This California BBQ joint, where smoked meats are inspired by the Sonoran Desert, is worth a trip from Texas
Unlike nearby southwestern deserts, like the land-locked Mojave, the Sonoran benefits from a somewhat tropical climate influenced by the nearby Gulf of California. Parts of this desert get as much ...
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The Sonoran Desert toad can alter your mind — it’s not the only animal
But the Sonoran Desert toad, also known as the Colorado ... Some might be promising for future medicines. The venom of the California harvester ant is made up of enzymes that aren’t known ...
East Bay Times2y
Even California’s Sonoran Desert is threatened by climate change
One California firefighter had a better idea ... data to dig deeper into how plant species in this slice of the Sonoran Desert interact with each other, as they cooperate and compete for resources.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune2y
Even the Sonoran Desert is threatened by climate change
(Photo courtesy of Boyd Reserve) Locally, such trends may be hitting the Sonoran Desert first ... long thought to be very hardy, such as California juniper and pinyon pines, are shrinking or ...