Alpine plants are threatened by glacier retreat • Earth.com – Earth.com

An unprecedented rate of glacier retreat threatens the future of Alpine plants. While these plants will initially benefit and diversify as more land is cleared, the researchers found that many species will soon become endangered.
“Our results indicate that plant diversity will ultimately decrease once the glaciers disappear – and up to 22% of the species we analyzed may locally disappear or even go extinct once the glaciers are gone,” said study lead author Dr. Gianalberto Losapio of Stanford University.
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