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.

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 ...

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

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The boreal forest, or taiga, occupies more than 11 percent of Earth’s ... a carbon source. Maps have the unique ability to show us where we are going. And when an entire biome is on the move ...

Various facets of global changes and related problems and challenges are asking for sound impact assessments and corresponding coping strategies. The human impact on nature is a major driver of ...

We use numerical models to understand biogeochemical dynamics and feedbacks in the Earth system over a large range of spatial and temporal scales and to elucidate their role in past, present and ...