GLORIAGLO
Status: Running
Climate change impacts on global alpine plant diversity using the GLORIA global monitoring network.
GLORIAGLO investigates how climate change is reshaping alpine plant diversity worldwide. Using the unique, long-term GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments) network, the project delivers the first truly global assessment of biodiversity change on mountain summits over the last ~20 years.
Scientific Goals
- Monitor the speed and location of alpine plant community changes in response to warming.
- Understand the interactions between drought stress, snow cover loss, and warming.
- Identify species at risk and hotspots of vulnerability.
Our Role
Mathieu Gravey leads the remote sensing analyses for this project, including snow cover dynamics and vegetation greenness (NDVI). He develops spatio-temporal indicators of environmental change that link satellite observations with field data.
Methodological Approach
- Global in-situ data: Standardized surveys from permanent plots across >100 alpine regions.
- Remote Sensing: Time series of snow cover and NDVI from Landsat data.
- Climate Data: Integration of soil temperature loggers and gridded reanalyses (ERA5, CHELSA).