Different types of animals and plants live in different climate zones. Some are not found anywhere else in the world, such as ibex goats. Many river sources are in the Alps. When snow and ice melt ...

Reduced snow cover and shifting vegetation patterns in the Alps ... have found that these changes are disrupting the timing of crucial alpine ecosystem functions performed by plants and soil ...

Photovoltaic power plants in the Alps are a big topic in Switzerland, with numerous reports of projects that are to be approved and built. The first high-alpine PV power plants are already on the ...