The temporal and spatial snow cover dynamics is the primary factor controlling the plant communities' composition and biogeochemical cycles in arctic and alpine tundra. However, the relationships ...

These trees were once part of a thriving forest, but then the cooling climate entombed them under thick layers of mountain ice.

This transformed what was a high mountain tree-filled landscape into the alpine tundra there today. "We were very surprised that these mature forests were preserved for thousands of years," Dave ...

With this intentional focus on protecting this unique landscape, there are few developed infrastructure areas in the park, which leads to traffic problems in areas including the Bear Lake Road ...