The effects of global warming on the country’s monuments are already striking. And the changing weather is only amplifying centuries of destructive human impact.
Tag: Travel and Vacations
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The Return of the Jaguar in the Yucatán Peninsula
Thanks to Mexican conservation efforts, the jaguar is making a comeback in the Yucatán Peninsula. A traveler ventures into its habitat in the tropical jungles surrounding an ancient Maya city.
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The World’s Most-Visited Glaciers Could Soon Be Gone
The U.N.’s cultural agency warns that ice sheets on Kilimanjaro, in the Dolomites and in Yosemite and Yellowstone may disappear by 2050, highlighting travel’s impact on climate change.
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Touring Atomic New Mexico and the State’s Surrounding Attractions
The Southwestern state was central to the development of nuclear weapons. When the testing ground for the first detonation recently reopened for visitors, a writer decided to confront that difficult history.
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In Bid to Show It Is Open, Hong Kong Bends Covid Rules … for Some
Three splashy events this week were meant to prove that the former British colony was still “Asia’s World City.” But pandemic exemptions were only doled out to those who could afford them.