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This article covers the amount of years scientists have recorded the gradual march of plants and animals up mountain slopes and toward higher latitudes as global warming has forced them to chase their climatic comfort zones. A new study suggests that for plants, however, a warming climate can send them downhill as well--a result several researchers say has important implications for efforts to conserve the biological richness of mountain habitats in the face of long-term global warming." (Christian Science Monitor) This article discusses how shifting climates and global warming are impacting mountain ecology and the search for food, water and hospitable habitats are changing the face of mountains.

The article shows a positive correlation between the rising temperatures and plant life as well as life of natural resources. From conducting an experiment with thousands of plants over several acres of land it can be concluded that the plants only went downhill in their growth and survival rate with rising temperatures.

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