Plants growing higher across the Himalaya region as climate warms

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Apr 14, 2026, 5:00 pm201 ptsTrendingTop
A new study led by the University of Exeter examined the alpine "vegetation line" (the upper limit of continuous plants) in six regions across the Himalaya, from Ladakh, India in the far west of the mountain range, to the extreme east in Bhutan. The researchers found that plants are growing higher up mountains…

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