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Increases in temperature and changes to the availability of moisture and snow…
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Increases in temperature and changes to the availability of moisture and snow…
Extreme conditions at high-elevations tend to impede the establishment of annual plants…
Leaves and flowering stems flattened to the ground and outwardly spreading from…
These prototypical "cushion plants" are extreme alpine specialists. Short and dense branching…
Hairs are one way to deflect damaging UV radiation while locking in…
Lichens are the primary colonizers of new habitat in alpine regions. Unlike…
Temperatures may be low but sun-exposure is extremely intense at high-elevations due…
Climate Change can negatively impact Alpine regions by making them more susceptible…
Alpine meadows exist where soils have deepened and matured through centuries of…
Mountaintops have served as unlikely shelter for populations of cold-adapted species throughout…
Although all plants need some water to grow, aquatic plants have adapted…
Ships transporting cargo and passengers use ballast to stabilize the ship at…
Bioremediation is the use of living organisms to remove contamination from the…
Temperature and moisture availability are factors which influence the distribution patterns of…
Climate research requires lots of data. Data about the conditions on earth now,…
As more land is developed, plants have an increasingly difficult task of…
Humans have a long history of moving and cultivating plant species. But…