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Bag of Cheetos created huge impact on a national park ecosystem

Headline from Fox10 Phoenix

A bag of Cheetos that was left on the floor of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico turned into a "world-changing event" for insects and microbes inside the cavern, according to the National Park Service.

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12 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fortune

    It takes only one Cheetos bag to have ‘world-changing’ impact on an ecosystem, national park says (opens Fortune)

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    A system of caves in New Mexico explains how littering can have a long-lasting impact

  2. New York Post

    National Park says a bag of Cheetos smuggled in was ‘world-changing’: ‘Huge impact’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A parkgoer at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico recently dropped a bag full of Cheetos at the caverns.

  3. NBC 6 South Florida

    How a bag of Cheetos disrupted the ecosystem at Carlsbad Caverns National Park (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it as a “world-changing” event for the tiny microbes and insects that call this...

  4. KEYT Santa Barbara

    A bag of Cheetos created a huge impact on a national park ecosystem (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A bag of Cheetos gets dropped and left on the floor. Seems inconsequential, right? Hardly. Rangers at Carlsbad

  5. Fox10 Phoenix

    Bag of Cheetos created huge impact on a national park ecosystem (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    A bag of Cheetos that was left on the floor of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico turned into a "world-changing event" for insects and microbes inside the cavern, according to the National Park Service.

  6. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    ‘A huge impact’: This bag of Cheetos caused a crisis at a national park (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    It’s pretty simple — leave no trace. But at least one person didn’t get the message and left behind a bag of Cheetos at Carlsbad Caverns National Park during a visit.

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