Rainforest, luxuriant forest, generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator. Rainforests usually occur in regions where there is a high annual rainfall of generally more than 1,80
A vegetation map reconstructed for the Japanese Archipelago (based upon pollen data from 28 sites and plant macrofossil data from 33 sites) at the time of last glacial maximum shows that coniferous forests covered extensive areas of the land. Boreal conifer forests (dominated by the Picea ...
Effects of permafrost melting on CO2 and CH4 exchange of a poorly drained black spruce lowland [1] Permafrost melting is occurring in areas of the boreal forest region where large amounts of carbon (C) are stored in organic soils. We measured soi... KP Wickland,R.G. Striegl,JC Neff,....
Boreal forests, also known as taigas, are biomes characterized by their forests consisting of primarily pines, spruces and larches. But you may also find small-leaved deciduous trees, like alders, birches, poplars and willows in areas without extreme winter colds. On the parts furthest away fr...
boreal areas and the Tethys region was not constant with time. Russian workers recognize six paleobiogeographic zones: boreal, which in thiscontextis equivalent toArctic; European; Mediterranean, including the central Asian province; Pacific; and two paleofloristic zonations of land. Southern boreal ...
Some areas have been drained and developed; restoration projects aim to restore the ecology. NPS Maps Hiking Instagram Yelp Gates of the Arctic Alaska This northernmost park protects part of the Brooks Range and has no park facilities. The land is home to Alaska natives, who have relied on ...
The following maps of Lake Tahoe provide detail on the entire Tahoe region, its surrounding areas and towns, state and local highway and road maps, trail and forest service maps, weather maps, attractions and ski area maps and where exactly Lake Tahoe is located on a map! Enjoy and print...
Another big concern is the encroachment of forests onto the grasslands, the result of decades of fire suppression. Explore all of Canada's Key Biodiversity Areas in thisinteractive map. CORRECTION: A previous version of this story stated that in the Fraser estuary, more than 100 species of ...
The Amazon Forest, the largest contiguous tropical forest in the world, stores a significant fraction of the carbon on land. Changes in climate and land use affect total carbon stocks, making it critical to continuously update and revise the best estimat
To better understand the role of ICTs for WHSs' presentation, this paper provides an analysis of mobile apps concerning WHSs, mapping them according to several factors, including covered sites and areas, main contents and functionalities, intended publics, costs, and presence of UNESCO-related ...