high mountain regions

Rising Risks: Mountain Hazards Intensify with Climate Change.

As mountain regions warm under human-caused climate change, the stability of high-altitude landscapes is coming into sharper focus. Rock-ice avalanches and related glacial hazards are no longer distant possibilities, they are intensifying realities. This is not speculation; it is the measurable consequence of a warming atmosphere. The data demands attention, and the pattern is consistent with what we observe in coastal and polar systems, such as the pressures outlined in our coverage of Atlantic circulation weakening.