I am currently in southern Austria, staying in a little village in Carinthia. This afternoon I had coffee with an elderly couple from the village. They told me that the rising temperatures in the area have meant that if you want to see the edelweiss flower, you now have to climb higher up the mountains (this area is in the Alps) because rising temperatures make it too hot for the plant to grow in its previous habitats. The plant isnt "moving up" the mountains, its just only left in the higher regions.

freda