Alpine

An alpine lake is a lake at a high altitude in a mountainous zone, usually near or above the tree line, with extended periods of ice cover.

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Glacier retreat reorganizes river habitats leaving refugia for Alpine invertebrate biodiversity poorly protected | Study

Vanishing glaciers threaten alpine biodiversity

Grizzly bears climb mountains to eat up to 40k moths per day, a mysterious ecological marvel that links alpine food webs with those of the distant plains from which the moths migrate

‘This is the biggest North Cascade glacier to completely disappear.’ — The ancient Hinman Glacier, in the Alpine Lake Wilderness of Washington state, has melted away

Ötzi the Iceman’s mummified corpse was found in an Alpine gully — but he didn’t die there, new study finds