Welcome to our October 2022 round-up of new publications! This list contains articles relevant to mountain research that you won't want to miss this month.

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Please note: The publications listed below may not necessarily have been published this month, but rather have come to our attention at this time. 


22 - 28 October 2022

Expansion of Moraine-Dammed Glacial Lakes and Historical GLOF Events in Cordillera Blanca Region of Peruvian Andes

Habitat partitioning of soil microbial communities along an elevation gradient: from plant root to landscape scale

Indirect impacts of commercial gold mining on adjacent ecosystems

Landscape forest loss decreases bird diversity with strong negative impacts on forest species in a mountain region

Origin of the central European steppe flora: insights from palaeodistribution modelling and migration simulations

Shade and Altitude Implications on the Physical and Chemical Attributes of Green Coffee Beans from Gorongosa Mountain, Mozambique

Soil organic carbon in Andean high-mountain ecosystems: importance, challenges, and opportunities for carbon sequestration

Stuck on top of a mountain: Consequences of dispersal limitations for alpine diversity

Sustainable Potato Production in the Mountain Area of Ecuador, an Approach to Increase Productivity with Small Scale Farmers

The State of Mountain Research in Canada


15 - 21 October 2022

[Report] 2022 State of Climate Services: Energy (WMO)

A framework for conceptualizing and modeling social-ecological systems for conservation research

[Report] Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean  [Español] [Português]

Interrelationships among mountain relief, surface organic layer, soil organic carbon, and its mineral association under subarctic forest tundra

Landscape products for sustainable agricultural landscapes

Latest developments of dendro-archaeology in the French Alps: assessing changes in mountain forests exploitation over the last millennium

Microplastic contamination of supraglacial debris differs among glaciers with different anthropic pressures

Perceptions and Revitalization of Local Ecological Knowledge in Four Schools in Yasin Valley, North Pakistan

[Special Issue] The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX): 30 years of research on tundra ecosystems

Transnational Corporations, Biosphere Stewardship, and Sustainable Futures


8 - 14 October 2022

“First we eat and then we sell”: participatory guarantee systems for alternative sustainability certification of Bolivian agri-food products

[Report] #MountainsConnect Interregional Workshop: Take-aways for interregional exchange, regional collaboration and advocacy for mountain areas

Scientific research in the Himalaya: Current state of knowledge, funding paradigm and policy implications

The CBD Post-2020 biodiversity framework: People's place within the rest of nature

Effects of topographic and meteorological parameters on the surface area loss of ice aprons in the Mont Blanc massif (European Alps)

A stochastic cellular automaton model to describe the evolution of the snow-covered area across a high-elevation mountain catchment

Effects of cropland abandonment and afforestation on soil redistribution in a small Mediterranean mountain catchment

Effects of Vetiveria zizanioides on the Restoration and Succession of Coal Gangue Mountain Plant Communities in Different Years


1 - 7 October 2022

60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains

A network approach to climate change anxiety and its key-related features

Agricultural Adaptation to Reconcile Food Security and Water Sustainability Under Climate Change: The Case of Cereals in Iran

Climate finance: Checking contentious counting

Critical Role of Irrigation Efficiency for Cropland Expansion in Western China Arid Agroecosystems

Effect of scale, landscape heterogeneity and terrain complexity on agriculture mapping accuracy from time-series NDVI in the Western-Himalaya region

Estimation of Urban–Rural Land Surface Temperature Difference at Different Elevations in the Qinling–Daba Mountains Using MODIS and the Random Forest Model

Human-environmental interactions and seismic activity in a Late Bronze to Early Iron Age settlement center in the southeastern Caucasus

Impacts of climate change on tropical agroforestry systems: A systematic review for identifying future research priorities

Imposing consistent global definitions of urban populations with gridded population density models: Irreconcilable differences at the national scale

Influence of Lateglacial meltwater influx from alpine glaciers on the aquatic ecosystem of Kanas Lake in the Altai Mountains, China

Inverted Landforms of the Western Caucasus: Implications for Geoheritage, Geotourism, and Geobranding

Modelled sensitivity of Monte San Lorenzo ice cap, Patagonian Andes, to past and present climate

Monitoring Mountain Weather Variabilities Based on Decadal Observations of the Present Weather Sensor in the Highland of Central Japan

Mountain Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review and Paths to the Future

Pasture areas in the Gran Paradiso National Park

Place, Violence, and Resistance: Impacts of Mining in the Chilean Andes

[Report] Reconciliation Through Research: Braiding Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems for the Wellbeing of Mountain People, Places, and Beyond

Supporting graduate field leadership through community-sourced advice, action, and policy

The Upper Range Limit of Alien Plants Is Not in Equilibrium with Climate in the Andes of Central Chile

You vs. us: framing adaptation behavior in terms of private or social benefits


Cover image by Sora Sagano.

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