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

An ancient fossilized forest in Montana is reemerging 600 feet higher than the present-day tree line after spending the last 5,500 years encased in alpine tundra. But as temperatures continue to ...

The cooler temperatures shifted the tree line downslope and transformed the high mountain landscape from forest to the alpine tundra that exists today. One of the paper's authors, David McWethy ...

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 ...

The study suggests that as today’s climate warms, tree lines could rise again, transforming areas of alpine tundra into forest. However, Pederson cautioned that factors such as precipitation, wind, ...

Alpine tundra also encompasses approximately 1/3 of the park. Alpine tundra is a fundamental and fragile resource, which requires park managers to give this ecosystem increased attention for ...