The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) is a multidisciplinary scientific organization that addresses global change issues in mountain regions around the world. MRI promotes and supports:
The Director's Blog Greg Greenwood writes on * Urbanization Workshop in Nainital India * Notes from Central Asia * Mountain observatories gain traction * Sonnblick Conference * Integrated Global Observing Systems * Third Pole in Iceland *
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Forum Carpaticum, in Stará Lesná, Slovakia, 30 May–2 June 2012, invites abstracts for oral presentations and posters. Read more
World Without Ice National Geographic looks at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and the not-so-subtle geological precedent it sets for where an even more rapid, anthropogenic injection of carbon into the atmosphere is taking us.
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Ray Bradley, the temperature record known as the "hockey stick," and the politics of climate change in the US. Read more
Fate of Mountain Glaciers in the Anthropocene A working group convened by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences calls upon all people and nations to recognize the serious and potentially irreversible impact of global warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
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Events
Synthesis Workshop on Qualities, Vulnerabilities, and Management of Ecosystem Services in Mountain Regions Read more
Planet Under Pressure: New Knowledge Towards Solutions Read more
MRI Key Contact Workshop prior to the AGU Fall Meeting 2011 Read more
MRI Key Contact Workshop prior to the 12th EEF Congress Read more
MRI Synthesis Workshop: Building Resilience of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems to Global Change Read more