Compared to other terrestrial ecosystems, mountain ecosystems are particularly sensitive to the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Yet not all mountains are equal and ... will explore on foot ...

The alpine climate, referred to as mountain climates or highland climates, is characterized by the temperatures of the region. Typically, the mean temperature of months in the alpine climate zones ...

Ancient forest preserved under ice on the Beartooth Plateau provides a rare look into how warming climates could reshape alpine ecosystems.

Montana State University scientists say the frozen remnants of an ancient forest discovered 600 feet above the modern tree ...

Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc is shifting—and sharing his discoveries with the Alpine community ...

More information: Mylène Jacquemart et al, Detecting the impact of climate change on alpine mass movements in observational ...

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Climate change is likely to reduce snowpack in the Swiss Alps over the next several decades, but warmer temperatures could make the snow that does fall more vulnerable to a certain type of ...

The Alpine climate is especially sensitive to global warming, and studies show that their glaciers, which are crucial to Europe’s water supply, could be gone by the end of the century if ...

The brief – to design an innovative and practical shelter, or bivouac (as mountain climbing shelters are often known as), for the extreme Alpine climate – was conceived by a design studio at Harvard ...