Earth Biomes

Earth Biomes

Review

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Additional Resources

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  Multimedia

video
                  icon "Hot Times in Alaska" Scientific American Frontiers. This episode investigates the impact of climate change on Alaska's ecosystems.

audio icon  World's Biggest Tiger Preserve - NPR/National Geographic Radio Expeditions visits The Hukawng Valley in Myanmar where an entire valley nearly the size of Vermont is being set aside as a tiger reserve.

audio icon "The Birds of the Boreal" NPR/National Geographic Radio Expeditions

audio
                  icon "The Last American rain forest" - Morning Edition (NPR) segment from Oct. 22, 1998 reports on the last great temperate rain forest in America, Alaska's Tsongass National Forest. (8:36) (RealAudio Required)

  Readings

readings icon Grassland Initiative (NASA EOS)

Web Sites

web site
                  icon Wild World: Terrestrial Ecoregions (NGS/WWF) - rich resource for information about global ecosystems. Organized by biogeographical realm.

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