This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands, temperate deciduous forests, Mediterranean scrub, coniferous ...
The Permian-Triassic extinction, also known as the Great Dying, was the most devastating event in Earth’s history. 96% of ...
Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.
The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted ...
Biomes are large-scale ecosystems ... Reindeer and Arctic foxes live here. Deciduous forests Temperate climates, which means that they are not too hot or too cold. Trees such as oak and elm ...
to seasonal tropical or temperate biomes and desert biomes. Different temperatures and CO 2 levels favor different biomes. In cold temperature states, tropical latitudes feature desert ...