New Centre keeps watch on the alps.
Alpine ecology has entered the public limelight following concern that global warming is already changing the patterns of vegetation in Victoria's mountains. The Centre will monitor the Victorian alps for an international study of global warming and initiate interdisciplinary research. Already a team of earth and soil scientists, plant and animal ecologists, and other specialists, is studying alpine mosslands to improve our understanding of how these important wetlands have developed and how they function. The Centre conducts an annual Alpine Ecology Course on the Bogong High Plains in January.