Study finds alpine peaks are greening in Northeast U.S., Canada

Study finds alpine peaks are greening in the Northeast U.S., Canada

In northeastern North America, a stretch of mountains runs 500 miles (800 kilometers) from the Adirondacks in New York to the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec. Nearly 70 million people live within a day's drive of one of the alpine zones, the areas above the tree line where trees don't grow because of harsh conditions.

Study finds alpine peaks are greening in Northeast U.S., Canada

In northeastern North America, a 500-mile-long stretch of mountains runs from the Adirondacks in New York to the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec.The ecological habitats, which include the alpine zones in the Green Mountains and the White Mountains, are home to many rare species of flowering plants, making the areas hotspots for biodiversity. A new Dartmouth-led study using hundreds of satellite images over 40 years provides the first regional …