CHUR, Switzerland, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The longest hiking film in the world Now everyone can experience the most spectacular hike in Switzerland

A modeling study from the European Alps suggests that population declines to be observed during the upcoming decades will probably underestimate the long-term effects of recent climate warming on mountain plants.

Research of wounds on a 5,300-year-old body found frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991 has produced the oldest red blood cells ever identified, and suggests the well preserved “Iceman” did not immediately die from his injuries, nor did he live for a few days.

Scientists have sequenced the full genome of “Oetzi the Iceman", a 5,300-year-old body discovered frozen in the Eastern Alps in 1991, and determined he had brown eyes, was lactose intolerant, had blood type “O” and was predisposed to cardiovascular disease.

MIAMI, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As splashed on the headlines this week, snow is refusing to fall on slopes across the U.S. from Aspen to Park City.