2025年1月22日 · Tropical rainforests are so warm and moist that they produce as much as 75 percent of their own rain through evaporation and transpiration. Such ample sunlight and moisture are the essential building blocks for the diverse flora and fauna living in tropical rainforests.

This endangered mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) was photographed by National Geographic Photographer Joel Sartore on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, in his ambitious project to document every species in captivity—inspiring people not just to care, but also to help protect these animals for future generations. Before drills disappear, like this webpage has, learn how …

2023年10月19日 · Rainforests are home to over half of the world's plant and animal species. Learn about tropical and temperate rainforests, how they contribute to the global ecosystem, and the conservation efforts to protect these biomes.

Despite covering just 6 percent of Earth’s surface, more than half the world’s plant and animal species live in rainforests. Like the name suggests, rainforest ecosystems are full of trees and receive huge amounts of rain.

2023年10月19日 · Tropical rainforests are found near the equator, with high average temperatures and humidity, while temperate rainforests lie mostly in coastal, mountainous areas within the midlatitudes. A rainforest is typically made up of four key layers: emergent, upper canopy, understory, and forest floor.

The Amazon Rainforest Occupying much of Brazil and Peru, and also parts of Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela, the Amazon River Basin is the world’s largest drainage system.

2023年10月19日 · The taiga is a forest of the cold, subarctic region. The subarctic is an area of the Northern Hemisphere that lies just south of the Arctic Circle.The taiga lies between the tundra to the north and temperate forests to the south. Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia have taigas.In Russia, the world’s largest taiga stretches about 5,800 kilometers (3,600 miles), from …

2024年11月13日 · Since 1947, the total area of tropical rainforests has likely been reduced by more than half, to about 6.2 to 7.8 million square kilometers (3 million square miles). Many biologists expect rainforests will lose 5-10% of their species each decade.

2023年10月19日 · Media is the plural form of the word medium, which is a means of conveying something—in this case, information. Media serves many purposes, including communicating information about a subject or providing entertainment. There are many forms of media in the modern world. Television, newspapers, websites, and magazines are all forms of media. …

2023年10月19日 · Mining, logging, ranching, agriculture, and oil and gas extraction have put unsustainable pressure on the delicate rain forests of the Amazon Basin.