Populations and infrastructure in high mountain regions are exposed to a wide range of
natural hazards, the frequency, magnitude, and location of which are extremely sensitive to …

Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) have been intensely investigated in High Mountain
Asia (HMA) in recent years and are the most well-known hazard associated with the …

Conserving mountains is important for protecting biodiversity because they have high beta
diversity and endemicity, facilitate species movement, and provide numerous ecosystem …

The natural resources of Ethiopian high-altitude ecosystems are commonly perceived as
increasingly threatened by devastating land-use practices owing to decreasing lowland …

Global change affects mountain areas at different levels, with some mountains being more
exposed to change in climate or environmental conditions and others acting as local refugia …

Mountain torrents are frequent and severe hazards, causing serious economic losses and
personnel casualties, and in particular, they are the most dangerous threat in the complex …

Mountain regions harbor unique and rich biodiversity, forming an important part of our global
life support system. This rich biodiversity underpins the ecological intactness and functioning …

Rockfall along roads can cause significant hazards to human health and infrastructure or
interrupt transportation. A section of rock slope on Interstate 70 west, west of Idaho Springs …

This paper describes flexurba, a software library written in R, with the first open
reconstruction of the Degree of Urbanisation algorithm to classify cities, towns, and rural …

Causal and counterfactual reasoning are emerging directions in data science that allow us
to reason about hypothetical scenarios. This is particularly useful in domains where …