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Knowing how mountain winds create fire conditions is useful for monitoring the danger.
New research uses firefly flashing patterns to identify species and what they’re communicating.
A new exhibition at Colorado State University highlights 100 years of women’s work.
Warm air rises, but it also expands because air pressure decreases with height. The latter effect wins out and air becomes colder in the mountains.
Rewriting the map can influence the public psyche in ways subtle and not so subtle.
When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.
Have you ever heard of ski sickness? This little-known condition is akin to motion sickness and seasickness. Here’s what we know.
The latest floods exposed the deep vulnerability of many mountain communities in eastern Kentucky, where land ownership patterns and other barriers to recovery can leave residents with few options.
Where people live today also makes a difference when it comes to fire risk.
Helene’s size and speed worsened everything from its storm surge to its extreme flooding in the mountains. And another hurricane was coming right on Helene’s heels.
Mount Everest is growing surprisingly quickly – but are rivers or earthquakes responsible?
We’re already seeing the impacts of weather extremes on key parts of our lives, from the food we eat to the roads we use and our health.
Decades-long environmental studies can reveal trends caused by climate change better than projects that last only a year or two.
The changes that were mapped represent the shift from a lake to the contemporary shallow wetland at the site.
A massive new nature reserve has just been declared in South Africa’s Drakensberg mountain range. It’s good news for communities, landowners, the land and local wildlife.
In the mountains, heavy downpours can be devastating, washing out roads and homes and triggering landslides.
The Himalayas are a beautiful and fragile ecosystem that both humans and non-humans have relied upon for millennia. Protecting them will require careful conservation efforts.
Measuring the concentration of radioactive elements in a single, sand-size crystal reveals the growth of the Himalayan mountain range over time.
Whether you’re ascending to high altitudes for casual travel or for adventure tourism, there are specific strategies to help you acclimate and reduce the likelihood of altitude sickness.
Top contributors
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Research Associate in Climate Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
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Directeur de recherche CNRS, Expert for Conservation Biology, Axa Chair for Functional Mountain Ecology at the École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Professor of Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology, University of Wyoming
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Scientist in Ecological Transformation, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
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Professor of Fire Ecology, University of Montana
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Chair in Global Tectonics and Paleogeography, Utrecht University
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Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Professor of Sustainability, Bangor University
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Emeritus Professor, Griffith University
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ARC Future Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
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Professor of Biogeochemistry, University of Wollongong