At the other end of the Earth, the Antarctic Polar region ... we will lose it. The map above shows where rainforest biomes are located in the world. There is a link between climate, vegetation ...

The tropical forest biome is estimated to contain over half of the terrestrial species on Earth. Approximately 170,000 of the 250,000 described species of vascular plants occur in tropical biomes.

The characteristics of global biomes are determined by several factors. Latitude close latitudeImaginary lines that run east to west around the Earth, parallel to the Equator or 0° latitude.

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When it comes to climate, what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. The effects of Arctic warming are a ...