Tundra Climate Animals And Plants
But some animals like the caribou or musk oxen can eat the lichens and other plants.
Tundra climate animals and plants. In this article we will discuss about- 1. The tundra is a very fragile environment. This habitat used to be a carbon sink since it captured great amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
See more ideas about arctic arctic tundra animals. Home to animals including Arctic foxes Vulpes lagopus polar bears Ursus maritimus gray wolves Canis lupus caribou Rangifer tarandus snow geese Anser caerulescens and musk oxen Ovibos moschatus the Arctic tundra is changing in broad and somewhat unpredictable ways as global average temperatures rise. Change their coat according to the season ie brown during summer and white during winter.
Plants and animals have adapted to stay warm and preserve water. For most of the year the tundra biome is a cold frozen landscape. Tundra is a finnish word which means barren land.
Tundra fires release CO 2 to the atmosphere and there is evidence that climate warming over the past several decades has increased the frequency and severity of tundra burning in the Arctic. Thus tundra region having least vegetation and polar or arctic climate is found. Yes that is one of the kind.
The prominent plants include varieties of mosses lichens sedges perennial grasses and cushion plants. Tundra plants can flower at lower temperatures than any other flowering plants on earth. Animals have many adaptations to survive in this harsh environment.
The tundra climate region are found in the Arctic and Antarctic. Tundra is a Finnish word which means barren land. As the tundra melts the plant mass decomposes and returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.