According to a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (RMCO), climate disruption is said to be the greatest threat ever to the national parks in the USA. There are 25 national parks most threatened by the climate change. The report - National Parks in Peril: The Threats of Climate Disruption - talks about the perils due to rising temperatures in 25 of the country’s 351 national parks. The human-caused climate change threatens them with impacts ranging from a disruption of ecosystems and a loss of wildlife to rising seas, stronger storms, and intolerable heat. The report even includes 32 recommendations of actions that can be taken to protect national parks and their resources from the climate disruption. Hit the jump to see the national parks under threat.
• Acadia National Park, Maine
• Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia
• Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
• Biscayne National Park, Florida
• Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
• Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
• Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
• Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
• Ellis Island National Monument, New York Harbor
• Everglades National Park, Florida
• Glacier National Park, Montana
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana
• Joshua Tree National Park, California
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• Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada
• Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
• Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
• Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
• Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
• Saguaro National Park, Arizona
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
• Virgin Islands National Park, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Coral Reef National Monument, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
• Yosemite National Park, California
• Zion National Park, Utah
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