Temperature, rainfall, and snowfall patterns are shifting at an accelerated rate in mountain regions Over one billion people worldwide depend on mountain snow and glaciers for water, including the ...

African mountain ranges, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and the Ruwenzori Mountains, are facing accelerating climate impacts marked by melting glaciers, forest loss, and prolonged droughts.

A new study by the University of Colorado Boulder adds to growing concerns that one of the Rocky Mountains’ most iconic species — the American pika — may be disappearing as a result of climate change.

In 2012, a wildfire ripped through 42 square kilometers of alpine moorland in Africa's Rwenzori Mountains, a range of glaciated peaks on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ...

A new international study highlights the severity of climate change impacts across African mountains, how farmers are adapting, and the barriers they face – findings relevant to people living in ...

Editor’s Note: This article has updated to clarify that while most American pikas live in the cryosphere, there are populations known to live outside the cryosphere. A new study by the University of ...