The surface of the Earth can be divided according to biomes. Tundra Cold, dry climates found almost entirely in the far north of the planet. Permafrost prevents trees from growing, but low-lying ...

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These two facts combined—the sheer number of viruses and their intimate relationship with microbial life—suggest that viruses, too, play a critical role in the planet’s biosphere. Of all the Earth’s ...

Which microbes thrive below us in darkness—in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor—and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces ...

we can still save our planet if we act now. To support this eight-part documentary, WWF has created a wealth of free materials to inspire schools and young people to explore the Earth’s major biomes ...