The Tundra is an extremely cold climate. During the winter months the average temperature is -34 degrees Celsius. The Arctic tundra is located in north Russia. Its coordinates are anywhere between 60 to 80 degrees North latitude and 70 to 180 degrees east longitude. The average precipitation including melting snow is 6 to 10 inches. The arctic tundra has a cold and dry climate but underneath the top layer of soil is a solid layer of subsoil called permafrost which never thaws.
There is not very much vegetation in the northern Russian tundra. It is mainly composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses. These plants normally grow in close proximity of each other. The growing season is 50 to 60 days long. These plants can undergo photosynthesis
The muskox can survive in the tundra due to its large coat of rough hair on its body. It lives in the tundra to find what it needs to stay sustained such as roots, mosses and lichens.Next the Arctic Hare survives in the tundra because it has shortened ears and limbs, a wad small nose, fat that makes up 20% of its body, and a thick coat of fur. It live in the Tundra because that is its place of origin.Third the Polar Bear survives in the tundra because it has a big fur coat over a thick warm coat of fat. It stays in the arctic or tundra due to those locations have the food source they need to survive.Fourth the Arctic fox survives in the Tundra because the furry soles, short ears and short muzzle which are good for chilly climates. They stay
Plant life tends to be of low growth and, during the short summer, the birds arrive in large numbers to feed on the insects that are born in this period. The climate is cold summers and very cold winters characterize the tundra area in the northern most limit plant growth. Areas
The Beringia Upland Tundra is split into three separate parts in Alaska. The two major parts consist of the upland and mountainous areas from the Seward Peninsula, and the other has Kilbuck and Ahklun mountain ranges. These parts of land are very similar in vegetation and land makeup (Hagenstein). Summer temperatures range from 40 degrees fahrenheit to 60 degrees fahrenheit. The land is a treeless, flat area with mountain ranges. The climate In the Beringia Upland Tundra is -20 fahrenheit to 5 degrees farenheit in the winter. In the summer, the climate is usually around 30 degrees fahrenheit to 40 degrees fahrenheit (Ricketts). Climate change has affected the animals, permafrost, and sea ice of the Beringia Upland Tundra.
Imagine that you're in a place that’s alluring and unique. There are animals prancing around everywhere on a ground that covers layers of frozen water. The Project that I have chosen to take on the habitat and ecosystem called the Alaskan Arctic Tundra. The tundra has an extremely cold climate with a simple vegetation structure. Even though I chose the Alaskan Arctic Tundra, there are other places that are also tundras like in Siberia, Canada, and even a tiny part of Colorado. The geography of it has a variety of plants even though there is a permanent layer of permafrost.
The tundra is an ecosystem that has consumers, decomposer, food chain and producers so that is the stuff that I know about tundra ecosystem so let's get started with The tundra ecosystem facts about the tundra ecosystem.
Humans have been interacting with the Arctic tundra for centuries now. They have used the land to explore and race, for example, the infamous race between Admunsen and Scott to the South pole. However, the human civilisation on the Arctic tundra have had their implications, both severe and light. Humans have slaughtered whales and seals since very early days, for food as well as commercial and self-profiting purposes. The most recent and paramount problem is global warming and pollution, which is harming the Arctic Tundra far more than the sealing and whaling ever did.
Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturia that means treeless plain. It is located in the northern hemisphere, encircling the North Pole and extending south to the coniferous forest of taiga .It has been called "the land of the midnight sun". The sun can't warm the tundra up much. The Tundra Biome has short seasons of growth and reproduction. Their seasons last 50 to 60 days. Some animals that live in this biome are voles’s, caribou, arctic hares, and squirrel, these animals are all herbivorous. The carnivorous that live here are arctic foxes, wolves, and polar bears. Ravens, snow, buntings, falcons, loons, sand nippers, terns, snow birds, and gulls are all migratory birds. The fish in this biome are cod, flatfish, and trout. The plants
The ANWR or Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a refuge specially designed for wilderness purposes. This refuge is located in the northeast corner of Alaska, and is home to a rich diversity of over 250 species of wildlife. For a better description, this refuge has been named spiritual, recreational, historical, and cultural. However, not all would agree that the arctic refuge is a rather safe place.
3. The treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline form a region called the tundra. Most of the tundra is north of the Arctic Circle, in the north Frigid Zone. The Frigid Zones are the coldest regions on earth.
Tundra - a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
Organisms can live in harsh environments without being prone to danger. The Arctic includes the world's smallest ocean being the Arctic Ocean, as well the world’s largest island, Greenland. In regards to the Arctic, its ocean is covered in floating sea ice throughout the year. The climate of the Arctic varies a lot during the seasonal changes. In the months in the winter season, the sun doesn’t pass the horizon in the Northern Arctic, which in result the temperature significantly be depleted in some areas to -60 degrees Celsius, but to differentiate, during the warmer months of summer, temperatures can cause some areas of the Arctic to melt, due to temperature reaching of 20 degrees Celsius. In the Arctic, the Environmental conditions vary
The purpose of this report is to discuss the Arctic’s resources and developments as well as the environmental impacts of the Arctic’s development and climate change. In addition,
In the northern part of the earth and the upper slopes of all mountains all over the world, a unique biome called tundra exists. Tundra is one of the coldest and harshest biomes of the world. The winters are long and cold, and the summers are short and cool. Tundra is far from the equator; therefore, Tundra soil is generally poor in nutrients. Since the biome is covered in snow throughout the year, the arctic tundra doesn’t seem like a place where plants and animals can survive. Yet, plants and animals are able to survive, thanks to their special adaptations. In fact, it isn’t the freezing temperature that they fear; it is us, human. Today, tundra faces lots of threats and problems because of human. One of the major problem is Global
From the beginning of man kind we have always be curious to investigating the unknown that including Arctic region. The Arctic region consist of Sweden, Russian, Norway, Iceland, Greenland (Denmark), Finland, Canada, Arctic ocean and parts of Alaska. The exploration in the Arctic region began in the 16th century where the geographic definition of the Arctic region is defined at latitudes above 66${^{\circ}}}$ 33" 44" N. The first successfully oil and gas exploration and production (E$\&$P) in the Arctic was in the late 19th to early 20th century in Alaska but the discover of commercial oil and gas field in the Alaska was first made in the late 1950s. Based on the estimation from U.S Geological Survey 13 $\%$ of oil and 30 $\%$ of undiscovered
Animals of the tundra have had to adapt to the long cold winters and to having to raise their young quickly in the summer. Some other adaptations of animals include thick insulating cover of feathers or fur; large, compact bodies; pelage and plumage that turns white in the winter and brown in the summer; the ability to accumulate thick deposits of fat during the short growing season; hibernation; and migration. Some of the animals that are found living in the tundra are lemmings, voles, caribou, artic hares, squirrels, artic foxes, wolves, polar bear, ravens, snow buntings, falcons, loons, ravens, sandpipers, terns, snow birds, mosquitoes, flies, moths, grasshoppers, black flies, artic bumble bees, cod, flatfish, salmon, and trout. Some of these animals are shared with other neighboring biomes but some are only home to the tundra. The tundra is the simplest biome in terms of species composition and food chain. The neighboring biome of the tundra is the boreal forest (taiga).