This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands ... with hot deserts, cold deserts, high elevation deserts ...

This map from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the shrinking range of the North American grassland biome. Thanks to agricultural conversion, invasive species, and climate change, grasslands ...

He’s not adapted for living here; it’s too cold and there’s no ... Some of the world’s main biomes include rainforest, desert, savannah, grassland, woodland and tundra.

Take the savanna, for example— a transitional biome between forests and grasslands ... the planet would be too cold for us —and most other species—to survive. But, since the Industrial ...