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taiga, biome (major life zone) of vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in northern circumpolar forested regions characterized by long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.
The most part of taiga biome climate is dominated by Arctic air. Uniquely cold winds carry along extremely cold air from the Arctic Circle to this biome. During clear nights, when cloud cover is unavailable, the temperatures even plummet further.
The growing season in the taiga is generally cool. The mean temperature of the warmest month, July, is generally between 15 and 20 °C (59 and 68 °F). Summer daytime high temperatures are typically cool to warm—20 to 25 °C (68 to 77 °F)—for much of the growing season in the taiga.
Taiga has a subarctic climate with very large temperature range between seasons. −20 °C (−4 °F) would be a typical winter day temperature and 18 °C (64 °F) an average summer day, but the long, cold winter is the dominant feature.
19 paź 2023 · Climate change puts taigas in danger in different ways. Warming climate contributes to a partial thawing of the permafrost . Since this water has no place to drain, more area of the taiga is taken over by muskegs .
4 sty 2021 · Climate. The Taiga typically experiences cold, harsh weather with winters lasting up to six months, a short growing season, and little precipitation which occurs only in summer. The area gets very short, mild and humid summers of about 50 to 100 days, with the average temperature in July being about 10 to 13 degrees Celsius (50-55 Fahrenheit).
29 maj 2024 · Climate Change: Alters ecosystems and threatens species adapted to cold climates. Insects: Insect plagues destroy forests. Examples include recent outbreaks of aspen-leaf miners, spruce cone worms, and mountain pine beetles.
