The world’s largest terrestrial biome is changing fast, so much so that Earth’s appearance from space will be subtly shifting in color. Faced with warming temperatures, boreal forests are gradually ...

Aim: Global biomes are often classified by mean annual temperature and precipitation, but there is significant overlap between biomes, making it difficult to interpret the role of climate in the ...

For the first time, researchers have mapped the biological diversity of marine sediment, one of Earth's largest global biomes. The research team discovered that microbial diversity in the dark, energy ...

Climate models coupled with real world biome changes are causing prominent scientists to forecast that, unless action is taken immediately, 50 to 70% of the Amazon will be transformed from rainforest ...

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“Oh, give me a home in a real nice biome, where the deer and the antelope play.” Biomes, of course, are large geographic regions containing distinct plants and animals that are adapted to each ...