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Alpine Plants at Risk of Extinction as Glaciers Disappear – Courthouse News Service
Scientists studying the affects of glacial melt say a quarter of alpine flower species face extinction in the decades after glaciers disappear.
Scientists studying the effects of glacial melt say a quarter of alpine flower species face extinction in the decades after glaciers disappear.
(CN) Retreating glaciers expose new terrain for plants to grow, but this alters the inhabitability and diversity of so-called downstream ecosystems so much so that alpine plants often used in liqueurs and medicines face extinction.
Nearly one in four alpine flower species in the Alps face extinction as glaciers melt, according to a study published in the…
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