Cosmic Ray Division joins Virtual Alpine Observatory

The polar and high mountain regions of the earth are warming at nearly twice the rate of Europe and two-and-a-half times the global average. This can have profound consequences on earth’s weather, including, for example, the supply of fresh water from melting snowcaps in places like Armenia. In April 2012, the Virtual Alpine Observatory (VAO), a networked collaboration of international research organizations operating high-altitude observatories and research stations, was established to study