Mountains are hotspots of biodiversity and ecosystem services, but they are warming about
twice as fast as the global average. Climate change may reduce alpine snow cover and …

Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Alpine glaciers worldwide will lose most of their volume by the end of the 21st century,
placing alpine ecosystems and human populations at risk. The new lands that emerge from …

Mountain ecosystems are sensitive and reliable indicators of climate change. Long-term
studies may be extremely useful in assessing the responses of high-elevation ecosystems to …

The long‐term increase in satellite‐based proxies of vegetation cover is a well‐documented
response of seasonally snow‐covered ecosystems to climate warming. However, observed …

Although there is a general consensus on the distribution and ecological features of
terrestrial biomes, the allocation of alpine ecosystems in the global biogeographic system is …

The ongoing climate change, which is threatening grassland agroecosystems throughout
Europe, is also evident in the Italian grasslands. These systems, often located in marginal …

The mountain systems of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are changing rapidly due to
climatic change, but an overlooked component is the subnival ecosystem (between the …

Environmental changes are significantly modifying terrestrial vegetation dynamics, with
serious consequences on Earth system functioning and provision of ecosystem services …

Remote sensing is an invaluable tool for tracking decadal‐scale changes in vegetation
greenness in response to climate and land use changes. While the Landsat archive has …