Thursday, October 23 2008 - 3:43 pm
Earlier this year, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Tom Knudson began to look at global warming in the local context, returning to the Sierra Nevada range, where he did his award-winning work. What he found there is that climate change is no longer a distant drama of shrinking polar ice caps. Follow Knudson's trek across the mountains and through the research, as he looks closely at what is happening and why. Through his stories and blog, and related videos, photos and graphics, see the toll being taken on trees, on wildlife and even on the snow that gave the range its surname: Nevada. Then participate by sending us your comments and your historic photos of this wilderness treasure. As year-round ice fades from the saw-toothed summits of the Sierra, it's clear an unwelcome reality is at our doorstep.
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