Southwestern Drought . “Like the deserts miss the ” Over the next century, we expect all national parks to see an increase in temperature; in fact, we’re already seeing that now. But what about precipitation? Parks in the desert southwest, like Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument pictured here, have already seen a reduction in rainfall, while other parks are expected to get more. In short, dry places will probably get drier and wet places wetter.

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