After years of escalating greenhouse gas emissions from melting permafrost in the Arctic, scientists have discovered a similar problem from a new source: Colorado’s Front Range. Defrosting alpine ...
An ancient fossilized forest in Montana is reemerging 600 feet higher than the present-day tree line after spending the last 5,500 years encased in alpine tundra. But as temperatures continue to warm, ...
Warming temperatures are causing plants across alpine and arctic environments to stay green longer and reproduce earlier, scientists find Across the tundra, warming temperatures are causing plants to ...