Mountains are home to more than 85% of the world's amphibian, bird and mammal species. Lowland slopes are rich in animal and plant species. And rugged, high-elevation environments, although lacking ...
The Nest at Snowbird demonstrates how the unique demands of mountain resort operations influence sustainable design decisions, from waste systems to electrification.
Professor Robert Marchant is calling on national governments to put mountain environments at the center of their climate change and biodiversity policy efforts and actions. The UN General Assembly ...
Dotted across the mountains of Southeast Alaska, white mountain goats move deftly through rugged snowscapes. Though climbing high into the mountains leaves predators below, an avalanche could pose a ...
Pastoralism in the Alps. At a time when soil erosion threatens our societies by impacting biodiversity, carbon dioxide storage, and food production capacity, it is crucial to study and quantify its ...
Authors Graham A. Sexstone, David W. Clow, Steven R. Fassnacht, Glen E. Liston, Christopher A. Hiemstra, John F. Knowles, Colin A. Penn ...
Title Monitoring mountains in a changing world: New horizons for the Global Network for Observations and Information on Mountain Environments (GEO-GNOME) ...
Environmental historian Amanda Vestergaard outlines some of the key ways mountaineering, climbing, hillwalking and other mountain sports have impacted the mountain environments they populate over the ...
In his opening address on 31 October, COP26 President Alok Sharma mentioned the impact of climate change on mountain peoples in Nepal, which he witnessed first-hand in February this year. "On a visit ...
The Mountain Research Station is an interdisciplinary research facility of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado, dedicated to advancing the understanding ...
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