The Future of Mountains
Tags: GLOBAL warming; MOUNTAINS
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- Europe's mountain plants on the move. // Geographical (Geographical Magazine Ltd.);Mar2012, Vol. 84 Issue 3, p14
The article reports on the changes in the composition of mountain vegetation communities on a large scale brought about by global warming, according to studies conducted in 17 mountain areas across Europe.
- Himalaya glaciers shrinking due to global warming, some may even disappear. // TIDEE (TERI Information Digest on Energy & Environment);Sep2011, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p359
A review of the article "Himalaya glaciers shrinking due to global warming, some may even disappear" which appeared in the periodical "Reuters" on August 2, 2011, is presented.
- Weathering warming in Colorado. Gillis, Anna Maria // BioScience;Mar1996, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p178
Reports that the heating of a Rocky Mountain meadow shows that alterations in ecosystems provide important climate feedbacks. Global-warming simulation under John Harte, ecologist at the University of California, Berkeley at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gunnison County, Colorado;...
- Sea change in mapping. Renz, Katherine Elizabeth; Keyser, Chris; Katayama, Lisa; Knight, Sara // Earth Island Journal;Spring2005, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p7
Focuses on the impact of global warming on maps of the world. Comments of British chief scientific advisor David King on the redrawing of the maps of the world; Petition of mountaineers regarding Sagarmatha National Park around Mount Everest in Nepal; Increase in the shrinking of mountain glaciers.
- Life in Alpine Regions in a Warming World. // CO2 Science;10/6/2010, Vol. 13 Issue 40, p7
The article discusses the highlights of a 2010 report by Leif Kullman, professor of Physical Geography at Sweden's Umea University, regarding the current status of alpine communities in the Swedish Scandes. According to Kullman, alpine plant life in the region is proliferating, biodiversity is...
- PROVIDER OF CLEANER ELECTRICITY PRODUCTS LAUNCHES WEBSITE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. // In Business;Nov/Dec2006, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p5
The article reviews several websites including www.BeGreenNow.com, www.greenmoutain.com and www.myspace.com/begreennow. from Green Mountain Energy Co.
- BY THE NUMBERS. // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);12/25/2006, Vol. 148/149 Issue 26/1, p5
The article provides statistics related to the lack of snowfall at European and North American ski resorts during the winter of 2007. The article says that resorts in the European Alps have had record warmth for four years. While 90 percent of Alpine resorts usually have enough snow to remain...
- BY THE NUMBERS. // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);12/25/2006, Vol. 148/149 Issue 26/1, p5
The article provides statistics related to the lack of snowfall at European and North American ski resorts during the winter of 2007. The article says that resorts in the European Alps have had record warmth for four years. While 90 percent of Alpine resorts usually have enough snow to remain...
- GOOD GOING. Ferris, David // Sierra;Nov/Dec2007, Vol. 92 Issue 6, p30
The article presents information on penitentes that form when solar rays hit a field of consolidated snow. It informs that in the southern Andes, where penitentes are more numerous than anywhere else, the air is so dry and the sunshine so intense that the snow in the hollows does not melt but...
