Building resilient alpine environments with less snow

在这个项目中，我们的目标是建立高山国家公园和高山度假村的弹性，以应对持续减少的积雪的影响。高山环境依靠雪来调节水流、隔离植被、控制土壤侵蚀和促进适当的生态系统功能。在无雪的未来，这些过程将如何运作还不得而知。我们将确定积雪特征如何以及在何处驱动植物的土壤水分可用性，以及哪些植物物种在高温、霜冻和干旱等极端条件下具有最佳的适应和再生潜力。该项目的好处包括创新的土地管理和恢复解决方案，以保护澳大利亚的高山地区在不断变化的环境条件下。

In this project, we aim to build resilience into alpine National Parks and Alpine Resorts to counter the effects of ongoing declines in snow. Alpine environments depend on snow to regulate water flows, insulate vegetation, control soil erosion and promote proper ecosystem functioning. How these processes will operate in a snow-free future is unknown. We will determine how and where snow characteristics drive soil water availability for plants and which plant species have the best adaptation and regeneration potential under extreme conditions such as heat, frost and drought. Benefits of the project include innovative land management and rehabilitation solutions, to safeguard Australia's alpine areas under changing environmental conditions.