Deserts and semideserts - Impresso

Ble suth a lets eas, tropical o, and in mor zonas caled helps us understand the connections between our planet's climate and the plants and animals that live in each biome. The biomes of the far north, for example, are cold and dark for much of the year. This wintry climate favors certain types of plants, and the plant life, in turn, has a great influence on which animals can survive there. Biomes also have a huge impact on people. Over thousands of years, we have learned to survive in nearly every biome by making ingenious use of the resources around us, but in recent times our success has begun to threaten the very future of the biomes that nurtured us. The Biomes Atlases series explores these issues, with detailed maps focusing on key examples of each biome. Each volume reveals the fascinating web of relationships between climate, plants, animals, and people that makes every biome unique.