Climate changes and their elevational patterns in the mountains of the world

NC Pepin, E Arnone, A Gobiet, K Haslinger… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying rates of climate change in mountain regions is of considerable interest, not least
because mountains are viewed as climate “hotspots” where change can anticipate or …

Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the E uropean A lps

Y Vitasse, S Ursenbacher, G Klein… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain areas are biodiversity hotspots and provide a multitude of ecosystem services of
irreplaceable socio‐economic value. In the European Alps, air temperature has increased at …

From white to green: Snow cover loss and increased vegetation productivity in the European Alps

SB Rumpf, M Gravey, O Brönnimann, M Luoto… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Mountains are hotspots of biodiversity and ecosystem services, but they are warming about
twice as fast as the global average. Climate change may reduce alpine snow cover and …

Europe (Chapter 13)

B Bednar-Friedl, R Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Climate change and the hydropower sector: A global review

A Wasti, P Ray, S Wi, C Folch… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Renewable sources of electricity, such as solar and wind, need to be paired with sources of
reliable baseload. Hydropower is a renewable, low‐emission source of electricity baseload …

Climate change exacerbates snow-water-energy challenges for European ski tourism

H François, R Samacoïts, DN Bird, J Köberl… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Ski tourism is a substantial component of the economy of mountainous regions in Europe
and is highly vulnerable to snow scarcity, which is increasing due to climate change …

21st Century alpine climate change

S Kotlarski, A Gobiet, S Morin, M Olefs, J Rajczak… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
A comprehensive assessment of twenty-first century climate change in the European Alps is
presented. The analysis is based on the EURO-CORDEX regional climate model ensemble …

Atmospheric rivers drive exceptional Saharan dust transport towards Europe

D Francis, R Fonseca, N Nelli, D Bozkurt, G Picard… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study highlights the occurrence of atmospheric rivers (ARs) over northwest Africa
towards Europe, which were accompanied by intense episodes of Saharan dust transport all …

Recent waning snowpack in the Alps is unprecedented in the last six centuries

M Carrer, R Dibona, AL Prendin, M Brunetti - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
Snow cover in high-latitude and high-altitude regions has strong effects on the Earth's
climate, environmental processes and socio-economic activities. Over the last 50 years, the …

The tempo of greening in the European Alps: Spatial variations on a common theme

P Choler, A Bayle, BZ Carlson, C Randin… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term increase in satellite‐based proxies of vegetation cover is a well‐documented
response of seasonally snow‐covered ecosystems to climate warming. However, observed …