As you can see from the climate graph, plants and animals in the desert have to cope with very little water. The climate is very hot. Summer day time temperatures can exceed 40°C. However ...

With their ability to store carbon, forests are often considered the lungs of the Earth, but they are vulnerable to the world ...

The climate in a desert is hot and dry ... the seasons reverse. Tropical areas experience relatively minor changes in temperature, and their seasons are characterized by the presence or absence ...

Regions of similar climate and dominant plant types are called biomes. This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate ...