In comparison with the large volume of work on lakes located in lowland territories, only scattered information about their ecosystems was available for foothill (low-mountain) areas, both Russia and worldwide. Foothill differ significantly from high-mountain physical biological properties. May, July September 2022, current state Lakes Beloe Kolyvanskoe studied north-west Altai (Russia). The co...

The Moso and Nasi minority groups inhabit the area around Lugu Lake, which also includes mani lumps that are associated with nature worship. setting of differs from one village to another. This study aims examine relationship between characteristics settlements settings in addition functions each lump. results show function may vary depending on topography settlement, adjacency settlements, rel...

Bulk deposition samples were taken near three mountain lakes located in the Pyrenees (Estany Redó), Alps (Gossenköllesee), and Caledonian Mountains (Ovre Neådalsvatn) for evaluation of the atmospheric deposition load of organochlorine compounds (OC), namely, polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and endosulfans, in the remote European high mountain ...

First posted April 13, 2021 For additional information, contact: Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging U.S. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 Oregon’s landscape is as complex and diverse it beautiful. Mountain peaks in the Cascade Range soar higher than 10,000 feet. Crater Lake sinks to a depth of 1,943 feet, making deepest lake United States. lands feature fores...

Background: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a common disabling condition in individuals experiencing high altitudes, which may progress to life-threatening high altitude cerebral edema. Today, no established biomarkers are available for prediction the susceptibility of AMS. MicroRNAs emerge as promising sensitive and specific biomarkers for a variety of diseases. Thus, we sought to identify ci...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between smoking and altitude mountain sickness in a cohort of travellers to 2500 metres above sea level (masl) or higher. SETTING Travel Health Clinic at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, in Barcelona, Spain. PARTICIPANTS A total of 302 adults seeking medical advice at the travel clinic, between July 2012 and August 2014,...