From white to green: Snow cover loss and increased vegetation productivity in the European Alps

Sabine B. Rumpf; Mathieu Gravey; Olivier Brönnimann; Miska Luoto; Carmen Cianfrani; Gregoire Mariethoz; Antoine Guisan

doi:10.1126/science.abn6697

From white to green: Snow cover loss and increased vegetation productivity in the European Alps

Sabine B. Rumpf
, Mathieu Gravey
, Olivier Brönnimann
, Miska Luoto
, Carmen Cianfrani
, Gregoire Mariethoz
, Antoine Guisan

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Abstract

Mountains are hotspots of biodiversity and ecosystem services, but they are warming about twice as fast as the global average. Climate change may reduce alpine snow cover and increase vegetation productivity, as in the Arctic. Here, we demonstrate that 77% of the European Alps above the tree line experienced greening (productivity gain) and

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1119-1122
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	376
Issue number	6597
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn6697
Publication status	Published - 3 Jun 2022

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This work was funded by Swiss National Science Foundation grant CR23I2_162754 (to A.G. and G.M.). M.L. acknowledges Academy of Finland funding (grant 342890)

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