Sentences with phrase «subarctic regions»
"Subarctic regions" refers to areas that are close to the Arctic, but not quite in the extreme cold of the Arctic Circle. These regions have colder climates than most places, with long winters and short summers, but they are not as frigid as the polar regions. Full definition
It nests in temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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If emissions continue unabated, the entire Southern Ocean, which stretches north from the Antarctic coastline, and subarctic regions of the Pacific Ocean will soon become so acidic that the shells of marine creatures will soften and dissolve making them easy targets for predators.
After being orphaned at age 2, he was raised by an uncle and his family in a subarctic region of northern Russia.
The distribution of frogs ranges from tropic to subarctic regions, with most of the species found in tropical rainforests.
Coastal sea ice formation may be important to future climate change because the arctic and subarctic regions are warming at twice the rate of other parts of the world,» said first author Karla Knudson, a graduate student in Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz.
These include, for example, millions of forest lakes and ponds in the boreal and subarctic regions.
Dan Carruthers, M.Sc., wildlife biology consultant specializing in animal ecology in Arctic and Subarctic regions, Alberta, Canada
[4] Over the same period in the subarctic region — home to Alaska's boreal forest — permafrost warmed 0.5 - 1.8 °F (0.3 °C -1 °C) and is already beginning to thaw.