Reduced Snow Cover and Shifting Vegetation Are Disrupting Alpine Ecosystems, Study Finds - Inside Climate News

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Reduced Snow Cover and Shifting Vegetation Are Disrupting Alpine Ecosystems, Study Finds - Inside Climate News

Climate change is disrupting the nitrogen cycle between some plants and soil microbes, bringing “false springs” during the day that leave plants more vulnerable to frigid nights.By Moriah McDonaldReduced snow cover and vegetation shifts in the Alps, driven, to some degree, by climate change, are leading some mountain ecosystems to struggle to hold onto nutrients that feed vegetation, a new study shows.