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 ...

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

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 ...

Dazel helps her friends escape a dangerous situation in the Northern Mountains. “It’s winter and I’ve heard that it’s snowing ...

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

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 ...

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.

We look at the worrying trend of carbon emissions from the Arctic tundra, the coldest region in the planet, and the geography of biomes. The extreme weather event is Cyclone Chido that struck ...