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AGU: Yellowstone National Park Is Hotter Than Ever - 7:19 am
Dendrochronologist Karen Heeter samples a tree in Shoshone National Forest, just outside the boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Courtesy/G. L. Harley
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Yellowstone National Park is famous for harsh winters but a new study shows summers also are getting harsher, with August 2016 ranking as one of the hottest summers in the last 1,250 years.
The new study drew upon samples of living and dead Engelmann spruce trees collected at high elevations in and around Yellowstone National Park to extend the record of maximum summer temperatures back centuries beyond instrumental records. The findings were published in
Yellowstone National Park is famous for harsh winters but a new study shows summers are also getting harsher, with August 2016 ranking as one of the hottest summers in the last 1,250 years.