Climate Change on Mountains: Reviving Humboldt's Approach to Science

The world is warming up rapidly and this change is most noticeable in mountains with already observable consequences on flora and fauna. This book presents concepts, methodologies and major achievements of recent research in climate change ecology in mountains by placing this research in a historical perspective, that of travelers and naturalists of the Romantic era, and first of all Alexander von Humboldt.

There is now a renewed interest, both in academia and beyond, in Humboldt, his writin...