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Tongass National Forest Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane. Hop on a boat for a whale watching and wildlife viewing tour where you may spot humpback or ...

This National Forest is the largest in the United States and the largest remaining temperate rainforest in the world, nearly 500 miles long with 11,000 miles of coastline.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, is home to the only tropical rainforest in the continental U.S.

The film explores the tropical rainforest biome, highlighting its rich biodiversity and complex ecosystem. It discusses the historical evolution of these forests, their unique layered structure ...

Temperate rainforests are forests in the mid-latitudes that are cool and wet due to marine influence and heavy rainfall. They have dense canopy cover and an understory of mosses, lichens, and more.

A rainforest is typically made up of four key layers: emergent, upper canopy, understory, and forest floor. In the top emergent layer, trees as tall as 200 feet (60 meters) grow far apart and tall ...

This means that forests comprised of tall, old trees – like the temperate rainforests of North America’s Pacific coast – are some of the planet’s biggest carbon storehouses.

An agreement covering a vast swath of British Columbia's coast -- twice the size of Vancouver Island -- preserves and protects 85 percent of what is the largest old-growth temperate rain forest on ...

How long would it take for a new tree to grow as big as an old growth tree? In Ketchikan, Alaska it rains up to 25 feet a year, making the plants in Tongass National Forest grow like crazy! Our ...

Climate change's effects on temperate rain forests surprisingly complex Date: January 18, 2013 Source: USDA Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Research Station Summary: Longer, warmer growing ...

The rain forests of the temperate zone of the Far East are one of the most productive and diverse forest ecosystems on the planet. Here is a relatively untouched environment with a unique set of ...