and tundra (Figure 4). Tropical forests are found in areas centered on the equator (Figure 4). Central and South America possess half of the world’s tropical forests. Climate in these biomes ...

Some of the world’s main biomes include rainforest, desert, savannah, grassland, woodland and tundra. Each biome has characteristics that make it unique, for example Alaska is a type of tundra.

A third of the Arctic’s tundra, forests, and wetlands have become a source of carbon emissions, a new study has found, as ...

Foreboding environmental milestones abounded again this year in the Arctic, where experts say dramatic climate shifts are fundamentally altering the ecosystem ... tundra, a far-northern biome ...

Zoonotic infections of the Canadian Arctic - (https://www.cmaj.ca/content/197/2/E34) ...

Tundra as a biome is defined by its lack of ... climate change—mean that it’s impossible to know for certain what ecosystems like the Beartooth Plateau will look like in a few generations ...

Habitats are diverse environments where plants and animals live, providing natural resources that living things need to ...

The new hybrid species could be reintroduced to tundra ecosystems, where researchers believe their heavy footprints would improve cold penetration into permafrost to prevent it from melting ...

For example, the red fox has been moving northward into the tundra, following the expansion of shrubs ... The loss of species can have far-reaching effects on the functioning of entire ecosystems.