The report also examines climate change and its impact on high elevation environments, citing findings that impacts in mountain ecosystems may be greater than any other after those in the arctic. (sciencedaily.com)
And humans depend on mountain ecosystems, too — for recreation, spiritual renewal and a wide range of resources. (biologicaldiversity.org)
The convergence of local and global changes compounds the impacts on fragile but important high mountain ecosystems. (scientificamerican.com)