Known as the “hypertropics,” this climate is defined by hot drought conditions—and hasn’t been seen on Earth for tens of ...

Coupled field observations and phytoclimatic modeling show that the distribution of African forest and savanna ecosystems are highly predictable by climate, researchers report in a new study. The ...

Abatzoglou, J.T. and A.P. Williams. 2016. Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

The foreseeable effects of climate change on the Caatinga, the semi-arid shrubland and thorn forest biome in Brazil’s Northeast region, will be catastrophic for most terrestrial mammal species that ...

Sally Potter, Ana C. Afonso Silva, Jason G. Bragg, Sarah R. Catalano, Stephen Donnellan, Paul Doughty, Mitchell L. Scott, Craig Moritz Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 46, No. 11 (November 2019), pp.

This episode is from WHRO’s Spotlight Earth series. Watch this video to explore biomes. In this Spotlight Earth episode, you will explore the concept of biomes, focusing on the two found in Virginia ...