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Mountain rivers in the Andes are hotspots for emissions - Earth.com
Mar 18, 2023 ... According to a new study led by the University of Liège in Belgium, streams and rivers in the Andean Mountains are hotspots for greenhouse ...
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What is Al Hajar Mountains? - Earth.com
The Hajar Mountains are the highest mountain range within the eastern Arabian Peninsula. They located in northeastern Oman and the eastern United Arab Emirates.
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Mountain gorillas are no longer 'critically' endangered - Earth.com
Dec 12, 2018 ... Mountain gorillas are no longer considered critically endangered, as their status is being reclassified as merely endangered.
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Competition limits the ranges of tropical mountain birds - Earth.com
Jul 22, 2022 ... Competition with other species, not climate, drives the distribution of bird biodiversity in tropical mountains, one of our planet's main biodiversity hotspots.
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Predicting mountain pine beetle behavior could help save forests ...
May 10, 2023 ... A team of researchers led by the University of Alberta has recently provided a novel method to improve estimates of the insects' spread through the environment.
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What is Weather Education – Orographic Thunderstorms? - Earth.com
Orographic thunderstorms are formed when the air is pushed up a mountain side. This type of thunderstorm is found only on the windward side of a mountain.
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Mountain formation led to an explosion in plant diversity - Earth.com
Jul 30, 2020 ... The remarkable diversity of plants and trees surrounding the Tibetan Plateau can be traced back 30 million years to the formation of new ...
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Mountain ecosystems are in urgent need of protection - Earth.com
Jan 29, 2023 ... Mountain ecosystems are in urgent need of protection ... Mountains host about half of the world's biodiversity hotspots, and action is urgently ...
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Are animals bigger on the rainy side of the mountain? - Earth.com
Sep 1, 2022 ... The mice on the western slopes of the Andes are bigger because that side of the mountain range gets more rain, which means there's more plentiful food for the ...
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Explosion in ocean life triggered mountain formation - Earth.com
Nov 30, 2021 ... An unprecedented abundance of ocean life played a fundamental role in the creation of Earth's mountains approximately two billion years ago.
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