Alpine plants, fragile and adapted to live in a limited ecosystem, may be the canary in the coal mine of climate change. Alpine plants face a number of threats: Recreation (trampling and disturbance ...

Many alpine ecosystems are undergoing vegetation degradation because of global change, which is affecting ecosystem functioning and biodiversity. The ecological consequences of alpine pioneer ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is documenting how rising temperatures and human activity are altering animal ...

Reduced snow cover and vegetation shifts in the Alps, driven, to some degree, by climate change, are leading some mountain ecosystems to struggle to hold onto nutrients that feed vegetation, a new ...

Reduced snow cover and shifting vegetation patterns in the Alps, both driven by climate change, are having major combined impacts on biodiversity and functioning of ecosystems in the high mountains, ...

A view from high atop Mount Washington shows alpine plants and shrubs. Many of the species found on the mountain are rare, delicate, and highly specialized; the ecosystem at and around the summit is ...

Researchers have used a series of artificial stream channels to mimic the behavior of headwater creeks under future climate change scenarios. They found that drier conditions shifted the life cycles ...

The Something Wild team is above treeline on Mount Washington, exploring the ecological zones of New England’s highest peak. While many visitors focus on summiting, Chris Martin of NH Audubon and Dave ...