Mesa has tornadoes, tumbleweeds; lots of heat and thorns.
Alpine has its cold, blindness (lul), snowstorms and lies to you.

What unique effects and environmental hazards will the new and upcoming biome have?

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It's also different from my lobby in which everyone just sticks together like glue so there's rarely a need to do rescues.. Mostly it's just sharing food, warmth, and pointing where to use the tools.
There are occasional exceptions, of course, like picrel.