Climate Change

1,200 Glacial Lakes Formed in Swiss Alps Since Little Ice Age
A Future in the Balance: Unprecedented Ocean and Cryosphere Change Requires Urgent Action, IPCC Report Finds
A Voice for Our Changing Mountains at IPCC Lead Author Meeting
A Warming California Sets the Stage for Future Floods
Accelerating Forest Clearance in the Mountains of Southeast Asia Increases Carbon Emissions
Addressing Systemic Risks in Social-Ecological Systems: Mountains as Contexts for Evidence and Action
Almost Half of World Heritage Sites Could Lose Their Glaciers by 2100
Alpine Plants at Risk of Extinction Following Disappearing Glaciers
Alpine-Wide Study Shows Declining Snow Cover
Ancient introgression drives adaptation to cooler and drier mountain habitats in a cypress species complex
Andean Forests Have High Potential To Store Carbon Under Climate Change
Are the effects of vegetation and soil changes as important as climate change impacts on hydrological processes?
Assessing Land Cover Change in the Tropical Andes
Assessing Nature-Based Solutions for Transformative Change
Authors of IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere Meet in Russia
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: Strengthening Higher Education in Tanzania
Call for Abstracts | 34th International Geographical Congress
Call for Abstracts | Mountain Sessions at EGU 2020 General Assembly
Call for Abstracts | Mountain Sessions at EGU 2022
Call for Contributions | IPCC AR6 Climate Change 2021: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
Call for ECR Reviewers: IPCC Working Group I Second Order Draft AR6.
Call for ECR Reviewers: IPCC Working Group II First Order Draft AR6.
Call for Input: Global Network for Geoscience and Society
Call for Input: Pyrenean Climate Change Strategy
Call for Nomination of Experts | IPBES Assessment With the Scoping of a Thematic Assessment of the Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food, and Health
Catalyzing Transformations to Sustainability in the World's Mountains
Challenges for Governing Mountains Sustainably: Insights from a Global Survey
Chamoli Disaster Could Happen Again
Climate Change Adaptation in European Mountain Systems: A Systematic Mapping of Academic Research
Climate Change and Hunter-Gatherers in Montane Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Climate Change and Melting Glaciers Have Widely Varied Impacts on Asian Water Supplies
Climate Change in the Mountain Cryosphere: Impacts and Responses
Climate Change Indicators and Impacts Worsened in 2020, WMO Report Finds
Climate Change Widespread, Rapid, and Intensifying, Says IPCC Report
Climate Warming Alters Glacier-Fed Stream Ecosystems Worldwide
Conéctate A+ | Connecting on Climate Change, Health, Ecosystems, and their Governance in the Andes+ Region
Connecting Early Career Researchers to IPCC Processes
Conservationists May Be Forced to Relocate Cold-Loving Butterflies Over Next 50 Years, Study Reveals
COP26 | A Fragile Future: Can Mountain Communities Adapt to Climate Change?
CryoSat Reveals Ice Loss From Glaciers in Alaska and Asia
Cryosphere1.5°, Where Urgency and Ambition Meet
Decline in Mountain Snow and Ice May Be Faster Than Anticipated
Dust Dampens Albedo Effect, Spurs Snowmelt in the Heights of the Himalayas
Effects of Climate Change on Swiss Water Bodies
Environmental and Climate Change in Global Mountain Regions – the MRI at the AGU Fall Meeting 2020
ETH Researchers Project Gloomy Forecast for the Aletsch Glacier
Evidence of Climate Change Impacts on Water, Food and Energy Resources Around Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Evolution of the "World's Only Alpine Parrot"
First Draft of WGI Contribution to IPCC AR6 Open for Expert Review
GEO Activities – Supporting Vulnerable Ecosystems
GEO Mountains at the GEO 2021 Virtual Symposium
Glacier Avalanches More Common Than Thought
GlacierMap | New Citizen Science App Calls for Contributions
Glaciers and Enigmatic Stone Stripes in the Ethiopian Highlands
Global Assessment of Mountain Ecosystem Services Using Earth Observation Data
Global Environmental Change in Mountain Social-Ecological Systems: the MRI at AGU 2021
Global Glacier Retreat Has Accelerated
Global Ice Loss Increases at Record Rate
Global Survey Using NASA Data Shows Dramatic Growth of Glacial Lakes
Himalayan Glaciers Melting at ‘Exceptional Rate’
How Ancient Ice Cores Show ‘Black Swan’ Events in History – Even Pandemics
How New Bird Species Arise
Human-Induced Climate Change Impacts the Highest Reaches of the Planet—Mount Everest
Humanity’s Broken Risk Perception Is Reversing Global Progress in a ‘Spiral of Self-Destruction’, Finds New UN Report
Identifying Solutions to Key Challenges: GEO Mountains at EGU 2021
In Full Transition: Key Impacts of Vanishing Mountain Ice on Water-Security at Local to Global Scales
Inter- and Transdisciplinary Mountain Data Across Central Asia: Identifying User Requirements and Access Preferences
Inter- and Transdisciplinary Mountain Data Across the Andes: Identifying User Requirements and Access Preferences
Inter- and Transdisciplinary Mountain Data in the Carpathians: Identifying User Requirements and Access Preferences
Inter- and Transdisciplinary Mountain Data in the Caucasus: Identifying User Requirements and Access Preferences
International Mountain Conference 2022: Open Call for Focus Sessions
IPCC Report | The Evidence Is Clear: The Time for Action Is Now. We Can Halve Emissions by 2030.
IPCC Report: Climate Change "Grave and Mounting Threat" to Human Well-Being and Healthy Planet. Humanity Must Act Now
IPCC second order draft of Working Group II Sixth Assessment Report opens for government and expert review
IPCC Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report Now Open for Expert Review
Joint Body on the Status of Mountain Snow Cover Invites Expressions of Interest
Landmark study warns two degree temperature rise could melt third of Himalayan glaciers
Large Storage Potential in Future Ice-free Glacier Basins
Last Chance to Register for International Mountain Conference 2019
Local Experts for Global Reports
Making Connections at the EGU General Assembly 2019
Managing Water Resources in a Low-to-No-Snow Future
ME AND THE BIOSPHERE: Special Issue of eco.mont
Melting Glaciers Causing Sea Levels to Rise at Ever Greater Rates
Melting Glaciers Could Speed Up Carbon Emissions
Melting Glaciers May Produce Thousands of Kilometers of New Pacific Salmon Habitat
Melting of Himalayan Glaciers Has Doubled in Recent Years
Meltwater Lakes Are Accelerating Glacier Ice Loss
Millions in Himalayas looking at bleak water future says study
Monitoring the Matterhorn with Millions of Data Points
Mountain Adaptation Solutions: Turning Challenges Into Opportunities
Mountain Farming Systems’ Exposure and Sensitivity to Climate Change and Variability
Mountain regions are hotspots of climate-related losses. The need for adaptation is now, says IPCC Cross-Chapter Paper
Mountain Research and Development Vol 41, No 1 Now Available
Mountain Research and Development Vol 41, No 3 Available Online and Open Access
Mountain Research and Development: Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Mountain Development
Mountain Summit Issues Call for Action on Climate Change
Mountains – A Fragile Source of Life
Mountains – Sentinels of Change
Mountains as Contexts for Global Change – Making Connections at the 18th Swiss Geosciences Meeting 2020
Mountains Matter in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Cycle
Mountains Under Global Change: the MRI at EGU 2021
MRI Among Experts Selected for IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
MRI at the AGU Fall Meeting
MRI at UN Climate Change Conference COP25
MRI Signs Memorandum of Understanding with TEAMx
MRI Welcomed As Belmont Forum Partner Organization
Nature-Based Solutions in Mountains Can Reduce Climate Change Impact on Drought
Nature: Humanity at a Crossroads, UN Warns
Nature’s Contributions to People in Mountains: A Review
New Challenges for Mountaineers on the Mount Blanc Massif
New Information Panel: The Importance of Mountains for Global Biodiversity
New Issue of European Journal of Tourism Research
New Issues | Mountain Research and Development Vol 40, Nos 1 and 2: Mountain Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
New Joint Body: Status of Mountain Snow Cover
New MRI Issue Brief | Leaving No One in Mountains Behind
New Opportunity | Say It With Science, an initiative of the United Nations Foundation in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
New Research Article Reveals Low Climate Station Density in the World’s Most Important 'Water Towers'
New Study Suggests Blanket of Rock Debris Offers Glaciers More Protection From Climate Change Than Previously Known
New Study: The Swiss Alpine Zero Degree Line in a Changing Climate
Oldest Known High Mountain Settlement Discovered in Ethiopia
Our Changing Glacier: Áakʼw Tʼáak Sítʼ
Over 90 Percent of Glacier Volume in Alps Could Be Lost by 2100
Parsimonious Modeling of Snow Accumulation and Snowmelt Processes in High Mountain Basins
Participants Selected for Mentoring and Training Program in IPCC Processes for Early Career Mountain Researchers
Progress on the IPCC Working Group II Contribution to AR6 Continues
Project IMPETUS Mountains Survey Launched
Providing a Guide to the IPCC and Expert Review Process
Quantifying the Ecosystem Services of Glaciers Highlights Their Importance to Humankind
Researchers Launch Rescue Bid for Endangered Mountain Pygmy-Possum
Reservoir Governance in World's Water Towers Needs to Anticipate Multi‐Purpose Use
Runoff from Melting Juneau Icefield Increases
Satellites Yield Insight Into Not So Permanent Permafrost
Science to COP25: Weather Extremes Are a New Normal, and Billions of People Are at Risk
Scientific Evidence Found of Overwintering ‘Zombie Fires’
Seven Things We Learned by Listening to Those Who Make Water Funds Happen
Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Andean Pastoral Landscape Change: Bridging Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Satellite Image Analysis in Sajama National Park, Bolivia
Status & Scoping Workshop in Bern 23-25 May 2018
Strategies Used by French Alpine Guides to Adapt to the Effects of Climate Change
Strengthening Climate Resilience in Mountainous Areas
Study of Himalayan Birds Helps Pinpoint What Makes Species Vulnerable to Environmental Change
Sweden’s Highest Mountain Shrinks by Two Metres in a Year As Glacier Melts
Swiss Parliament Meets With Scientists on Climate and Biodiversity
Tackling Biodiversity and Climate Crises Together and Their Combined Social Impacts
The KiLi Project: Kilimanjaro Ecosystems Under Global Change
The Last Glaciers: New Film Issues Powerful Call for Climate Action on World Water Day
The Potential Impact of Climate Variability on Siltation of Andean Reservoirs
Toward a Definition of Essential Mountain Climate Variables
Trabajando Juntos: Working Together in Conéctate A+'s Second Phase
Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change in African Mountains
Transformative Change as a Response to Climate Change in Mountain Social-Ecological Systems (TRANSMOUNT)
Tropical Forests in Africa’s Mountains Store More Carbon Than Previously Thought – But Are Disappearing Fast
UN Global Sustainable Development Report Calls for Urgent Coordinated Action
UN Proclaims 2022 International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development
UNESCO’s World Network of Mountain Biosphere Reserves
United in Science Report: Climate Change Has Not Stopped for COVID19
Vanishing Ice Puts Reindeer Herders at Risk
Vanishing Peruvian Glaciers
Views From Two Mountains
Warming Climate Threatens Microbes in Alpine Streams, New Research Shows
Warming Greenland Ice Sheet Passes Point of No Return
Water Towers of the World Ranked on Vulnerability
WCRP Academy: Climate Training Stocktake Survey 2021
We Are Part of the Landscape: Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Environmental Scientist
WEATHER: a scientific approach to Water sEcurity and climATe cHange adaptation in pEruvian glacieRs
With Climate Change, Avalanches Are Migrating Upslope
WMO: Climate Change Threatens Sustainable Development
World Meteorological Congress Concludes Historic Session With Landmark Decisions