Badlands National Park deletes tweets on climate change statistics, following Donald Trump gag order

The national park addressed issues such
 as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and
 ocean acidity in the tweets.

A US national park has deleted several tweets on climate change statistics from its official Twitter account hours after posting them.

The tweets from Badlands National Park follow several gag orders and suspensions on US federal agencies by President Donald Trump's new administration.

The national park in South Dakota addressed issues such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and ocean acidity in the tweets.

"Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years," one tweet said.

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