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AN EXCERPT:  Climate scientists agree the Earth will be hotter by the end of the century, but their simulations don’t agree on how much. Now a study suggests the gloomier predictions may be closer to the mark.

“Warming is likely to be on the high side of the projections,” said John Fasullo of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., a co-author of the report, which was based on satellite measurements of the atmosphere…That means the world could be in for a devastating increase of about eight degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, resulting in drastically higher seas, disappearing coastlines and more severe droughts, floods and other destructive weather.

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Changes in the Motivations, Perceptions, and Behaviors of Recreation Users: Displacement and Coping in Wilderness             —–By Troy E. Hall and David N. Cole

In the popular wildernesses we studied, we found that most visitors perceive adverse changes, such as increased crowding and impact. Majorities reported that these places feel less like wilderness than they did in the past. Most visitors have learned to cope with these adverse changes either by making simple adjustments in their behavior or the way that they think about these places. Consequently, most visitors report that their experiences are largely unchanged and that they are as satisfied with their experiences as ever. Some people are less satisfied with the changes in experience that result from increased use. However, few people are absolutely displaced. The tendency for most visitors to view changing conditions as not very problematic may explain their lack of support for management actions that restrict access.

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Red & Blue America…2008 above, 2004 below, 2000, second from bottom. 2012 last.

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Early spring 1993. The end of the Canyonlands Cafe…

Longtime Moabite LUCY WALLINGFORD graphically demonstrates the relative peace of the off-season.

Looking down the valley…

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