What is the intrinsic value of the taiga ecosystem, beyond its economic and climate regulation services?

Jun 20, 2016 ... This transition between taiga, or boreal forest, and tundra is particularly sensitive to climate change, making it an important focus area for ... The taiga is a moist subarctic forest that begins where the Tundra ends. The winters are long, dark and cold with lots of snow, and the summers are warm and ... In the summer, temperatures can reach the 70s. In the winter, temperatures ... The taiga is sometimes called the coniferous or boreal forest. The local climate only allows for short growing seasons which are generally one to two months long with an average temperature of 15 c in the summer. Most of ... ... climate change and how they can be best managed for the benefit of the ... Boreal forest is a basis for many societies in the taiga zone where natural and ... Boreal and Subarctic climates that change from north to south and east to west are modified by bedrock and glacial landforms to produce diverse landscapes with ... Mar 4, 2024 ... ... boreal forest ecosystem, which will be used to explore the impacts of climate change and how they can be best managed for the benefit of the ... the taiga-tundra ecotone. An additional dimension in assessing the effects of climate change on high-latitude ecosystems is the likely varia- tion in export ... Feb 9, 2020 ... Climate change is moving Russia's taiga north, scientists warn ... The Taiga forests of Siberia have expanded north toward the Arctic as a result ... Nov 14, 2016 ... The boreal forest might have already begun the transition from a being a carbon sink to source, the paper warns. As the boreal belt warms fires ...