Welcome to our December 2022 round-up of new publications! This list contains articles relevant to mountain research that you won't want to miss this month.

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Please note: The publications listed below may not necessarily have been published this month, but rather have come to our attention at this time. 

1 - 31 December 2022

A new concept of a thermal network for energy resilience in mountain communities powered by renewable sources

As ice melts, biodiversity is lost

American Cordillera snow futures

Ancient inhabitants of the Basin of Mexico kept an accurate agricultural calendar using sunrise observatories and mountain alignments

Anthropogenically Created Alpine Pastures as Landscape Resources for the Alpine Chamois Population in the Western Carpathians Mountain Range: Ďumbier Tatras Case Study

Assessing the seasonal evolution of snow depth spatial variability and scaling in complex mountain terrain

Biodiversity loss and climate extremes — study the feedbacks

Collaborative Modeling and Simulation to Mitigate High-Elevation Rangeland Degradation in Eastern Bhutan

Discourses regarding the sustainability and environmental considerations in physical planning of second homes in Norwegian mountain destinations: a comparison between governmental documents, research literature and the general media

Ecology, evolution, and conservation of Ethiopia’s biodiversity

[Policy Brief] Ecosystem restoration in the mountains (IYM2022 Policy Brief)

Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa

Explaining the natural and anthropogenic factors driving glacier recession in Kashmir Himalaya, India

Geophysical measurements of the southernmost microglacier in Europe suggest permafrost occurrence in the Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria)

Himalayan glaciers threatened by frequent wildfires

Impacts of land use and land cover change on ecosystem service values in the Afroalpine area of Guna Mountain, Northwest Ethiopia

Mapping Area Changes of Glacial Lakes Using Stacks of Optical Satellite Images

Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation are not located where they are most needed across the Alps

Parameter estimation for models of major rainfall induced floods in ungaged mountain basins of Colorado

Research Priorities for Climate Litigation

Residents’ perception of sustainable tourism in protected mountain areas: the case of Asturias

[Report] Science for the Carpathians Research Agenda 2022-2023

Seeing differently: Understanding Pākehā construction of mountain landscapes in Aotearoa

Snow cover dynamics: an overlooked yet important feature of winter bird occurrence and abundance across the United States

Traditional Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to Enhance Community-Based Disaster Resilience: Taiwan Mountain Area

[Book] Transforming Conservation: A Practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making

Varying importance of storm types and antecedent conditions for local and regional floods

What's at stake? A human well-being based proposal for assessing risk of loss and damage from climate change

When less isn't more and more isn't less: is there an overlap between “protected designation of origin”, “mountain product” and “organic” in Italy?

Cover image by Vlad Fara