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Beware of rockfalls in warm weather

As the weather warms, watch for falling rocks. While monitoring a cracked cliff in Yosemite National Park, researchers watched the fissure widen as temperatures rose. The risk of rockfalls could increase as climate change cranks the thermostat, one scientist predicts.

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ROLLING STONES A crack in a Yosemite National Park cliff grows and shrinks as temperatures rise and fall, new research shows. Cracked cliffs can cause colossal rockfalls in the park, such as this one from October 2010.
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