Alpine ecosystems are especially vulnerable to climate change, and many of them are already experiencing rapid warming that is associated with noticeable shifts in alpine vegetation. After previous ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich are studying how alpine vegetation is responding to a warming climate—and how some plant communities are continuing to stand firm against newcomers from lower elevations. A ...

Alpine plants that survived the Ice Ages in different locations still show accrued differences in appearance and features. These findings were made by botanists from the University of Basel using two ...

Summer is here in the Alpine areas of Colorado! If you are out exploring these newly snow-free peaks, keep an eye out for some of the spectacular Alpine plants in bloom, including moss campion (Silene ...

Niwot Ridge is a place of grandeur. The mountains are tall and steep. The sky is bright and open. In this land, most people instinctively look up and out. A research group from the University of ...

Glacier buttercup, Ranunculus glacialis, in front of the Rutor glacier, Italy. (Photo courtesy G. Losapio and co-authors) Scientists studying the effects of glacial melt say a quarter of alpine flower ...