Quantifying rates of climate change in mountain regions is of considerable interest, not least
because mountains are viewed as climate “hotspots” where change can anticipate or …

Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is also known as the “Third Pole”. Elevation dependent
warming (EDW), the phenomenon that warming rate changes systematically with elevation …

There is growing evidence that the rate of warming is amplified with elevation, such that high-
mountain environments experience more rapid changes in temperature than environments …

The role of modern climatic microrefugia is a neglected aspect in the study of biotic
responses to anthropogenic climate change. Current projections of species redistribution at …

Landscape-scale ecological modelling has been hindered by suitable high-resolution
surface meteorological datasets. To overcome these limitations, desirable spatial attributes …

Available observations suggest that some mountain regions are experiencing seasonal
warming rates that are greater than the global land average. There is also evidence from …

There is compelling evidence from glacial and interglacial periods of the Quaternary of the
utilization of microrefugia. Microrefugia are sites that support locally favorable climates …

Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP), with an average elevation of over 4000 m asl and an
area of approximately 2.5× 10 6 km 2, is the highest and most extensive highland in the …

Mountains are essential sources of freshwater for our world, but their role in global water
resources could well be significantly altered by climate change. How well do we understand …

We provide an assessment of surface temperature changes in mountainous areas of the
world using a set of climate projections at a 0.5° resolution for two 30-year periods (2040 …