Mountain landscapes and communities are highly sensitive and vulnerable to climate
change. Tourism in mountain regions is highly dependent on natural resources and …

Mountain water resources are of particular importance for downstream populations but are
threatened by decreasing water storage in snowpack and glaciers. Groundwater …

The cryosphere (including, snow, glaciers, permafrost, lake and river ice) is an integral
element of high mountain regions, which are home to roughly 10% of the global population …

Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Climate change is expected to have adverse impacts and implications for a range of human-
environment systems. However, our understanding of the extent to which these impacts may …

Worldwide glacier retreat and associated future runoff changes raise major concerns over
the sustainability of global water resources,,–, but global-scale assessments of glacier …

Glaciers in the tropical Andes have been retreating for the past several decades, leading to
a temporary increase in dry season water supply downstream. Projected future glacier …

Glaciers and ice sheets erode mountains and produce vast quantities of sediments that are
delivered to rivers and oceans, impacting global sediment and biogeochemical balances …

Mountains are highly diverse in areal extent, geological and climatic context, ecosystems
and human activity. As such, mountain environments worldwide are particularly sensitive to …

Accelerating glacier recession in tropical highlands and in the Peruvian Andes specifically is
a manifestation of global climate change that is influencing the hydrologic cycle and …