In glacier forefields, the chronosequence approach is used to investigate ecological,
biogeochemical and physical features of autogenic successional change as a function of …

The global cryosphere, Earth's frozen water, is in precipitous decline. The ongoing and
predicted impacts of cryosphere loss are diverse, ranging from disappearance of entire …

Freshwater discharge from glaciers is increasing across the Arctic in response to
anthropogenic climate change, which raises questions about the potential downstream …

Glaciers serve as effective reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and viruses for
millions of years. Climate change and anthropogenic activity have accelerated the melting of …

Mountains are global biodiversity hotspots where cold environments and their associated
ecological communities are threatened by climate warming. Considerable research attention …

Alpine regions are changing rapidly due to loss of snow and ice in response to ongoing
climate change. While studies have documented ecological responses in alpine lakes and …

Most cryospheric ecosystems are energy limited. How their energetics will respond to
climate change remains largely unknown. This is particularly true for glacier-fed streams …

Glaciers host ecosystems comprised of biodiverse and active microbiota. Among glacial
ecosystems, less is known about the ecology of ice caps since most studies focus on valley …

The shrinking of glaciers is among the most iconic consequences of climate change. Despite
this, the downstream consequences for ecosystem processes and related microbiome …

While deposition of reactive nitrogen (N) in the twentieth century has been strongly linked to
changes in diatom assemblages in high-elevation lakes, pronounced and contemporaneous …