Following a press release prepared by Gabriele Rampl (Scinews), reports on our research on mountain grasslands and in particular about our recent paper on the effects of changes in snow melt on mountain grassland carbon dioxide source/sink strength have appeared in several newspapers (WienerZeitung, Standardonline) and media (ipoint of the University of Innsbruck, ORFonScience, Innovationsreport, APAScience).