Academic & Research Affiliates
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Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (parent organization)
Academic Departments (CU)
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Environmental Studies
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geological Sciences
Additional Institutes/ Research Labs
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Enviornmental Scienes
- CU Graduate School
- NOAA ESRL Lab
- National Atmospheric Deposition Program
Field Stations
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
- White Mountain Research Station (CA)
- Organization of Biological Field Stations
Mountain Research Programs
- Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment
- Mountain Research Initiative
- Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains (CIRMOUNT)
Research: Climate Change
Climate change may have profound effects on mountain forests and alpine tundra, and the benefits they provide to surrounding communities such as water, recreation, and forage. Warming of 2-5 °C is expected in the Rocky Mountains over the next 50 years.
Since 2009, a warming experiment run on Niwot Ridge by the University of California, Merced has been experimentally determining what...
