Mountains Worldwide Are Warming Faster Than Ever, and the Weather Impacts Are Turning Deadlier ...

Mountains worldwide are experiencing climate change more intensely than lowland areas, with potentially devastating consequences for billions of people who live in and/or depend on these regions, ...

A major global review finds that climate change is intensifying more rapidly in mountain regions than in nearby lowland areas. Scientists warn this uneven warming could have serious consequences for ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In new research published last month, work by a Montana State University scientist aims to ...

Mountain regions around the world are heating up faster than the lands below them, triggering dramatic shifts in snow, rain, and water supply that could affect over a billion people. A major global ...

Editor’s Note: This article has updated to clarify that while most American pikas live in the cryosphere, there are populations known to live outside the cryosphere. A new study by the University of ...

Many species have moved toward colder areas in mountain ranges across Europe as temperatures have risen over the last two decades, say scientists. Sunny southern slopes attract birds to live at higher ...

Mountains worldwide are experiencing climate change more intensely than lowland areas, with potentially devastating consequences for billions of people who live in and/or depend on these regions, ...

Climate change is driving drastic environmental shifts and accelerating global biodiversity loss. Hybrid introgression has recently emerged as a key mechanism enabling rapid adaptation to historical ...

Out west, the Rocky Mountains play a major role in winter weather across North America. But do the Smokies do the same for East Tennessee?

A new study by the University of Colorado Boulder adds to growing concerns that one of the Rocky Mountains’ most iconic species — the American pika — may be disappearing as a result of climate change.