And rugged, high-elevation environments, although lacking such biological diversity, play a key role in maintaining biodiversity in the wider mountain catchment area. The variation in mountain ...

Understanding how animals have adapted to these harsh mountain environments and how they’re faring as the habitats are transformed by global warming is hard. The field sites are remote and ...

Alpine cushion plants help other plants in harsh mountain environments to survive. Alpine cushion plants help other plants in harsh mountain environments to survive. This is shown by new research ...

Climate change is the emerging threat that’s adding to the other pressures faced by mountain environments. "The beauty and magnitude of the world mountain ranges including the Andes, Alps, Himalayas, ...

Mountainous areas are also very cold. Cold environments are found at higher latitudes and higher altitudes. They include polar, tundra and mountain, or alpine, biomes. Cold environments face ...

Cushion plants are found in mountain environments all over the world, including here in the Andes (Image: Chris Mattison/Naturepl.com) They look like comfy cushions from the outside ...

And rugged, high-elevation environments, although lacking such biological diversity, play a key role in maintaining biodiversity in the wider mountain catchment area. The variation in mountain ...