Welcome to our December 2023 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.
1 – 31 December 2023
[Report] 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2023/2024
Agroforestry enhances biological activity, diversity and soil-based ecosystem functions in mountain agroecosystems of Latin America: A meta-analysis
[Report] Cascading climate risks: strategic recommendations for European resilience
Climate researchers need support to become scientist-communicators
Collaboration between women helps close the gender gap in ice core science
Diurnal temperature range as a key predictor of plants’ elevation ranges globally
[Book] Glacier Nature and Culture
How language can be a path away from neo-colonialism in geoscience
Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration
Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming
[Report] Mountains in National Adaptation Plans – A short analysis
[Report] Restoring mountain ecosystems: Challenges, case studies and recommendations for implementing the UN Decade Principles for Mountain Ecosystem Restoration
[Report] Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems (Volume 1)
[Report] The Global Tipping Points Report
The Matterhorn, an emblematic mountain in Switzerland, the time scales of a geomorphosite
[Book] The Mountain and the Politics of Representation
[Report] The WMO State of the Climate Report 2023
What climbing means…: The diversity of climbers in 2020
Cover image by Arno Senoner