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Third International High Mountain Glacial Watershed Conference

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The 3rd International High Mountain Glacial Watershed Conference will bring together scientists, practitioners, decision makers, and other stakeholders from the Andes, Asia, and the rest of the world to experience the “living laboratory” of the Peruvian Andes. Unlike past conferences, this event will focus on learning through a series of...

Alpine Summer School: Climate Change and the Mountain Environment

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Climate Change and the Mountain Environment is the topic of this year's Italian-French Alpine Summer School on Fundamental Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and the Climate System in Valsavarenche, Italy, 18-28 June.

The summer school is organized by the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - CNR (Italy) and the Centre...

Climate Change and Migration in Mountain Areas Workshop

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The 2nd workshop on Climate Change and Migration in Mountain Areas will take place 28-29 May 2013 at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland. It will aim to bring together scholars with a strong interest in migration and climate change in mountain areas, covering the world’s major mountain ranges, including...

Commitment from Asian mountain experts on climate change

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Experts from Asian mountains committed themselves to working together for social and ecological resilience to climate change at the Regional Workshop on Climate Change Impacts in Asian Mountains in Kathmandu, Nepal, 13-15 March.

Senior...

Apples ‘souring’ due to climate change

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Sweet apples grown in the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh are gradually losing their taste as a result of climate change, according to reports.

Farmers of the remote Mechuka valley in West Siang district are complaining that 15-20 years ago the apples they produced were sweet, but now the fruits taste...

Mountains under Watch 2013 (MUW13)

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Mountains Under Watch is an interdisciplinary conference that aims at bringing together scientists and experts working in the diverse fields of climate change studies in mountain areas around the world. The specific goal of the conference is to share experiences, methods and strategies for long term observations and monitoring of...