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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Biologist Don Swann peers toward Tucson from Saguaro National Park -- North. © Kaite Fletcher, 2018

Climate change and the national park’s saguaro cactuses

Kaitlyn Fletcher December 5, 2018

Tall and resilient, the saguaros of the Sonoran Desert are finding it more difficult to reach maturity as higher temperatures exacerbate drought and leave a trail of young cactus carcasses. A hotter,...

Chiricahua's wonderland of rocks could be Arizona’s next national park

Chiricahua’s wonderland of rocks could be Arizona’s next national park

Nicholas Cada March 3, 2016

  A sea of green trees fill the valley, jagged pillars of rock pierce the crystal blue sky, and the sun reflects off tiny glass fragments embedded within the fossilized volcanic ash. Hidden...

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