Category Archives: Taiga (Boreal Forest)

Lee Alan Dugatkin blesses Slate with a piece on Kropotkin

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Chris Jensen

Slate “The Russian Anarchist Prince Who Challenged Evolution” I really appreciate the fact that Dugatkin uses Kropotkin to bring to light that Darwinian evolution has been — even in the time and work of Darwin — a process that was … Continue reading →

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HOME, a documentary about the impacted Biosphere

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Chris Jensen

I just watched the video Home, a production of Yann Arthus-Bertrand and his Good Planet Foundation. Composed solely of high-quality panoramic images intensified by a soaring new-age soundtrack, the film provides viewers with a fairly comprehensive overview of the earth’s … Continue reading →

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Understanding biome-level response to climate change

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Chris Jensen

This month’s Scientific American contains a great article (“Arctic Plants Feel the Heat“) on how scientists are documenting climate change in the Arctic. Focusing on the two dominant biomes of this region, the tundra and the taiga, author Matthew Sturm … Continue reading →