alpine tundra
Americannoun
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"With increasing temperatures and wildfire activity, we're seeing increased growth of bigger, deciduous shrubs," Welch said, whose team studied five different alpine tundra sites for the research, which appears in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
They counted double or triple the number of usual hikers on the trail, hundreds scouring sensitive alpine tundra.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2021
The blue-green-white space checks off several ecosystem boxes, including marine, coastal forest, montane, subalpine and alpine tundra environments.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2018
Visitors are also parking cars on native vegetation or fragile alpine tundra and leaving human waste right near backcountry trails, Patterson said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2017
They also projected the decline and eventual loss of spruce-fir forests and alpine tundra in the Adirondacks.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2011
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