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Expanded and Recently Increased Glacier Surging in the Karakoram by Copland, Luke, Sylvestre, Tyler, Bishop, Michael P, Shroder, John F, Seong, Yeong Bae, Owen, Lewis A, Bush, Andrew, Kamp, Ulrich

“…A review of published literature and satellite imagery from the late 1960s onwards has revealed 90 surge-type glaciers in the Karakoram mountains, of which 50…”
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Evidence of Warming and Wetting Climate over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Li, Lin, Yang, Song, Wang, Zhenyu, Zhu, Xide, Tang, Hongyu

“…In this study, we apply temperature, precipitation, and other data from 66 Chinese meteorological stations including Xining and Lhasa to analyze the extreme…”
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Recent Glacial Retreat and Its Impact on Hydrological Processes on the Tibetan Plateau, China, and Surrounding Regions by Yao, Tandong, Pu, Jianchen, Lu, Anxin, Wang, Youqing, Yu, Wusheng

“…Glacial retreat on the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions is characteristic since the 1960s and has intensified in the past 10 yr. The magnitude of…”
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Carotenoid Pigmentation in Antarctic Heterotrophic Bacteria as a Strategy to Withstand Environmental Stresses by Dieser, Markus, Greenwood, Mark, Foreman, Christine M

“…Bacterial strains isolated from Antarctic environments were used to assess the role of carotenoid pigments as cryo- and solar radiation protectants. Isolates…”
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Changes of High Altitude Glaciers from 1969 to 2010 in the Trans-Himalayan Kang Yatze Massif, Ladakh, Northwest India by Schmidt, Susanne, Nüsser, Marcus

“…This study reports changes of small glaciers in the Trans-Himalayan Kang Yatze Massif, Ladakh, northwest India, between 1969 and 2010. The region covers an…”
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Possibilities and Limitations of Dendrogeomorphic Time-Series Reconstructions on Sites Influenced by Debris Flows and Frequent Snow Avalanche Activity by Kogelnig-Mayer, Barbara, Stoffel, Markus, Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, Michelle, Hübl, Johannes, Rudolf-Miklau, Florian

“…Past debris-flow and snow avalanche activity was assessed for the Reiselehnrinne (Tyrol, Austria) using growth disturbances in growth-ring series of 372 Norway…”
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Mountain Treelines: a Roadmap for Research Orientation by Malanson, George P, Resler, Lynn M, Bader, Maaike Y, Holtmeier, Friedrich-Karl, Butler, David R, Weiss, Daniel J, Daniels, Lori D, Fagre, Daniel B

“…For over 100 years, mountain treelines have been the subject of varied research endeavors and remain a strong area of investigation. The purpose of this paper…”
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Fire Behavior, Weather, and Burn Severity of the 2007 Anaktuvuk River Tundra Fire, North Slope, Alaska by Jones, Benjamin M, Kolden, Crystal A, Jandt, Randi, Abatzoglou, John T, Urban, Frank, Arp, Christopher D

“…In 2007, the Anaktuvuk River Fire (ARF) became the largest recorded tundra fire on the North Slope of Alaska. The ARF burned for nearly three months, consuming…”
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Phenological Changes in Alpine Plants in Response to Increased Snowpack, Temperature, and Nitrogen by Smith, Jane G., Sconiers, Warren, Spasojevic, Marko J., Ashton, Isabel W., Suding, Katharine N.

“…Modified environmental conditions are driving phenological changes in ecosystems around the world. Many plants have already responded to warmer temperatures by…”
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Alpine Peatlands of the Andes, Cajamarca, Peru by Cooper, David J, Wolf, Evan C, Colson, Christopher, Vering, Walter, Granda, Arturo, Meyer, Michael

“…An ecological analysis of wetlands in the high mountain jalca above 3700 m elevation in the Andes near Cajamarca, Peru, indicated that most wetlands are…”
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Soil Temperature and Moisture across two Contrasting Timberline Ecotones in the Sergyemla Mountains, Southeast Tibet by Liu, Xinsheng, Luo, Tianxiang

“…Simultaneous measurements of soil temperature and moisture and related climate and vegetation variables at high altitudes are rare. Such knowledge is important…”
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Nitrogen Inputs by Associative Cyanobacteria across a Low Arctic Tundra Landscape by Stewart, Katherine J, Coxson, Darwyn, Grogan, Paul

“…Available soil N is a key factor limiting plant productivity in most low arctic terrestrial ecosystems. Atmospheric N2-fixation by cyanobacteria is often the…”
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Alpine Soil Temperature Variability at Multiple Scales by Wundram, Dirk, Pape, Roland, Löffler, Jörg

“…The functioning of ecosystems is strongly correlated to soil temperature dynamics. Because only a few studies so far have investigated the spatio-temporal…”
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Who Cares about Polar Regions? Results from a Survey of U.S. Public Opinion by Hamilton, Lawrence C

“…What do members of the general public know about polar regions, and how much do they care? Who knows or cares? This paper explores data from the General Social…”
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Multi-scale Influence of Snowmelt on Xylogenesis of Black Spruce by Rossi, Sergio, Morin, Hubert, Deslauriers, Annie

“…Snowmelt is considered to affect growth of the boreal forest. So, we tested the hypothesis that late snowmelts delay the onset of xylogenesis and reduce xylem…”
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Mycorrhizal and Dark-Septate Fungi in Plant Roots Above 4270 Meters Elevation in the Andes and Rocky Mountains by Schmidt, S. K, Sobieniak-Wiseman, L. C, Kageyama, S. A, Halloy, S. R. P, Schadt, C. W

“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and dark-septate endophytic (DSE) fungi were quantified in plant roots from high-elevation sites in the Cordillera Vilcanota of the…”
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Canopy Rainfall Interception and Fog Capture by Pinus pumila Regal at Mt. Tateyama in the Northern Japan Alps, Japan by Uehara, Yoshitoshi, Kume, Atsushi

“…The importance of fog precipitation in the alpine hydrological processes of Pinus pumila canopy was evaluated on Mt. Tateyama, central Japan. We observed rain…”
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Consistent Dendrochronological Response of the Dioecious Salix arctica to Variation in Local Snow Precipitation across Gender and Vegetation Types by Schmidt, Niels M, Baittinger, Claudia, Kollmann, Johannes, Forchhammer, Mads C

“…Dendroclimatological reconstructions may be influenced by intraspecific variation in radial growth caused by plant gender and ecotypic differentiation. We…”
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Primary Succession of Surface Active Beetles and Spiders in an Alpine Glacier Foreland, Central South Norway by Bråten, Anders Thon, Flø, Daniel, Hågvar, Sigmund, Hanssen, Oddvar, Mong, Christian E., Aakra, Kjetil

“…Spiders and beetles were pitfall-trapped in the foreland of the receding Hardangerjøkulen glacier in central south Norway. At each of six sampling sites, ages…”
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Characteristics and Changes in Air Temperature and Glacier's Response on the North Slope of Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) by Yang, Xingguo, Zhang, Tingjun, Qin, Dahe, Kang, Shichang, Qin, Xiang

“…Weather and climatic conditions over the Himalaya regions are of great interest to the scientific community at large. The objective of this study is to present…”
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