Call for Public Review of the 2021 Status Report on the Global Climate Observing System
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) recently invited all interested participants to review the draft of its 2021 Status Report.
Human populations in both upland and connected downstream regions rely greatly on ecosystem goods and services provided by mountainous environments. Yet being often extremely steep, remote, and/or inhospitable, mountains represent rather unique contexts, with obstacles to making representative and informative environmental observations being numerous.