Sky Islands (VIDEO)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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As temperature fluctuates, the area of unique paramo vegetation surrounding a mountain gradually shifts up and down. By using fossil pollen to track the paramos over a million years, researchers show that paramos today are threatened by rising temperatures.

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Catalina Giraldo

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