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Original article by Heather McFarland The Pretty Rocks landslide, spurred by greater warmth and rainfall, will force Denali National Park’s main access road to close at the halfway point in 2023 for the second full summer. To help park managers plan for and mitigate such events, Alaska CASC scientists assessed future landslide risks along road corridors in Denali and other Alaska parks. “Park managers were interested in looking at park climate data to figure out how much warming has occurred and what the future might bring,” explained Pam Sousanes, a physical scientist with the agency in Fairbanks. Sousanes turned to…