Mountain regions encompass nearly 24 percent of the total land surface of the earth and are home to approximately 12 percent of the world's population. Their ec

Glaciers are considered a key and an iconic indicator of climate change. The World Glacier Monitoring Service has noted that global alpine balance has been nega

This book compiles available knowledge of the response of mountain ecosystems to recent climate and land use change and intends to bridge the gap between scienc

Glaciers in the Andes are particularly important natural archives of present and past climatic and environmental changes, in significant part because of the N-S