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Tourism to Yellowstone National Park, which attracts millions of visitors a year searching for spectacular scenery, geothermal wonders, and a pristine environment, is responsible for generating nearly 2.3 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year, a new study says.

Individuals rely on the natural systems composed of trees, grasslands, and bushes to absorb carbon from the air and sequester it beneath the surface, a critical process in mitigating the march toward a climate catastrophe. Ironically, these same protected spaces also tend to be highly photogenic hot

Tourism to Yellowstone National Park, which attracts millions of visitors a year searching for spectacular scenery, geothermal wonders, and a pristine environment, is responsible for generating nearly 2.3 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year, a new study says.