Arctic+Tundra

= = =The Arctic Tundra Biome=

The Arctic Tundra is an extremely difficult environment to live in. Organisms that live in the Arctic Tundra have had to adapt to the cold and lack of food over millions of years. The ground is covered in snow for most of the year. During the summer (when the temperature is just above 0 degrees Celsius) the land is covered in heather, moss, and arctic flowers. The frozen land is known as Permafrost, because the land never gets a chance to thaw out.



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The Food Webs of the Arctic Tundra:




The Organisms of the Arctic Tundra:










**Some of the Natural Resources available in The Arctic Tundra consist of oil, shale, and uranium. These things can be found very easily in this Biome.**

Points of Interest and Adaptions Made:
-The Inuits were the only community to live on the Arctic Tundra due to it's harsh conditions. They would build their shelters out of snow in the winter, and out of animal hides in the summer. It was not easy to live in this climate, and almost everything people did was in order to survive.

- The food supply on the Arctic Tundra for the flora and fauna is also very limited. It is a hard place to live, and organisms have to make do with what they have.

**Human Impacts -**

 * 1) Humans have and are continuing to use large amounts of oil and gas that rest underground in the Arctic Tundra
 * 2) Infrastructure has been built on some of the Arctic Tundra, mostly for oil extraction purposes
 * 3) Hunting has disrupted Caribou migration paths

Possible Futures?

 * 1) A potential warming of the climate could occur, causing the Arctic Tundra to be more of a fertile grassland and forest Biome.
 * 2) The melting could cause an increase in Methane in the atmosphere in the Arctic Tundra.
 * 3) The most ideal future, and less likely would be the Biome staying as it is and continuing to support the organisms that live there.

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