Mountain treelines are rising due to climate crisis, study finds

Remote sensing technology shows 70% of tree coverage moved uphill between 2000 and 2010

Mountain treelines are rising in response to the climate crisis, a study has found.

Scientists from the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, used remote sensing to map the highest points of patches of tree coverage on mountains. They found that 70% of mountain treelines had moved uphill between 2000 and 2010.