Yosemite National Park

The Grand Canyon National Park in the United States will be closed until until further notice because of a coronavirus pandemic.

"The health and safety of park visitors, employees, residents, volunteers, and partners at Grand Canyon National Park is the Service's number one priority," the statement said.," the National Park Service said Wednesday.

Climite scientists from the US have discovered that dust from as far away as China’s Gobi Desert is carried by the global jet stream and deposited in California’s Yosemite National Park where its trees feed off of microscopic material in the dust containing nutrients.

An enormous sequoia tree in California’s Calaveras Big Trees State Park was toppled by a storm on January 8.