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- First Photos of China's 298-Million-Year-Old Buried Forest
- Strange new species found in Suriname
- Oregon hiker missing for 3 nights in nat’l forest says will to live led her to try eating bugs
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- Forest - WikipediaForests are the predominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are found around the globe. More than half of the world's forests are found in only five countries (Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, and the United States).
- Types of Forests: Definitions, Examples, and Importance - TreehuggerBased on latitude, there are three types of forests: boreal, temperate, and tropical. Boreal forests, found farthest north, experience long, cold winters with short growing seasons. Temperate...
- Forest Biome - National Geographic SocietyThe word forest broadly describes an area that has a large number of trees. There are three general types of forest that exist: temperate, tropical, and boreal. Experts estimate that these forests cover approximately one-third of Earth’s surface. Temperate forests are found across eastern North America and Eurasia.
- Why deforestation matters—and what we can do to stop itForests cover about 30 percent of the planet's land mass, but humans are cutting them down, clearing these essential habitats on a massive scale. What is deforestation?
- Rainforest - National Geographic SocietyRainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverseand complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just six percent of Earth’s surface.
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