Subarctic Eurasia & North America

Boreal Forest

The taiga. Largest land biome on Earth — endless spruce, snow, and silence.

Species

9,000

Plant species

2,500

Endangered

11%

Pressure

Boreal fires now burning 2× historical average

Surprise of the day

The boreal stores more carbon than all tropical forests combined — mostly in frozen soil, not trees.

Who eats who

Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.

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