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For the Italian president, the region is where his nation’s constitution was born.
Fires here can affect meltwater timing and water quality, worsen erosion that triggers mudslides, and much more, as two scientists explain.
Rain falling on deep snow from a series of atmospheric rivers has heightened California’s flood risk. It’s a growing problem as the planet warms.
Plath’s sublime nature poetry deserves widespread appreciation for its unfettered joy and deep attunement to the natural world.
Mountain environments are rich in plant and animal species, but the dual threat of human habitation and climate change means urgent action is needed to protect them.
Unprecedented droughts leave the subsurface drier than usual, affecting water supply in subsequent years.
Mountain systems are sensitive to climate change. Loss of snow and ice sets off effects which have wide ranging consequences.
Often thought of as eternal, mountains are vulnerable to climate change and tourism. To protect them, they should be recognised for their cultural values, not just their natural characteristics.
The mountain climbing industry has transformed the lives of the Sherpas – both for good and bad. A new book focuses on their lives and deeds.
The world’s biggest cycling race is a great way to teach people about geology – and test our own ideas.
Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.
Why we are predicting the mountains of the far future, and what it can tell us about the world today.
Extended periods of rain are most likely found in locations where mountains are near oceans.
Mountains can’t be created without lubricant, and 2 billion years ago that lubricant was graphite produced by the carbon broken down from layers of dead plankton on the ocean floor.
Mountain ecosystems are not as pristine as we may think – and climate change could trigger devastating transformations that will affect us all.
As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
Not all forests respond to hotter and drier conditions in the same way.
Dams built in an earlier age are suddenly vulnerable as the climate shifts.
The area’s iconic national parks are home to grizzlies, elk and mountain snowfall that feeds some of the country’s most important rivers. A new report show the changes underway as temperatures rise.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professor of Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology, University of Wyoming
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Chair in Global Tectonics and Paleogeography, Utrecht University
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Professor for Conservation Biology, Axa Chair for Functional Mountain Ecology at the École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier
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Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Associate Professor of Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide
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Professor Research School of Biology, the Australian National University, Australian National University
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ARC Future Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor and Head of the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University
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Emeritus Professor, Griffith University
