Earth Restoration Project

The harsh conditions on the tundra is the reason for its bare and treeless landscape. In fact, the word tundra comes from the Finnish word "tunturia", which means treeless land.

 

 

 

The artic tundra can be found around the North pole all the way down to the evergreen boreal forest that covers the northern areas in Scandinavia, Russia, Alaska, and Canada. There a few plants that are adapted to this habitat. The area is characterised by harsh conditions like low rainfall, extremely long and cold winters, hard winds, a growing season between 50 and 60 days, and a layer of permanently frozen subsoil called permafrost. Although there are plants and animals that have found a way to survive, which shows how versatile our planet is. Sadly a drastic change in the climate and conditions would be a disaster for many of these animals and plants as they have developed their special behaviours during thousands of years of evolution.

 

 

This ecosystem is very similar to the artic tundra but it can be found at high altitude on mountain tops. The growing season is longer than in the artic but the plants are similar in both the ecosystems. Animals, like hyraxes and mountain goats, living here are also very well adapted to the conditions.