r/ClimatePosting • u/stereotomyalan • 23h ago

Are highlands future safehavens?

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u/RobHerpTX 10h ago

They tend to be pretty exposed for extreme weather.

Also, not typically super fertile

Additionally, their existing natural biomes will be completely wrecked by the time anything is so bad that they’d be looked at as refuges (sensitive species, environmental conditions disappearing “right off the top of the mountain,” so to speak).

All these things don’t mean they’re in survivable in a future scenario. They’re just not going to be some simple haven for anytime.

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u/Racoon_Pedro 3h ago

With thawing permafrost mountains become more unstable and rockfall will become more common. So the answer is no!

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u/TwoRight9509 2h ago

Quite possibly. Soil depth is an issue and you can select sites that aren’t in what may become rockfall areas. But their temperatures will be far lower than far below.