The taiga, which means forest in Russian, is the world's largest biome.0:09
It consists of coniferous forests and covers a large part of Russia, Scandinavia, and North America.0:15
The taiga has a subarctic climate.0:23
With large differences in temperature between seasons.0:26
Winters are long and very cold, with only snowfall, and temperatures can drop as low as -54°C .0:30
Summers are very short but warm and humid; sometimes temperatures reach 30°C .0:40
The trees of the taiga have adapted to the low levels of sunlight and the extreme conditions.0:48
Most of them are evergreen, that is, they keep their leaves all year round.0:55
The leaves are also a very dark green colour so that they can absorb more sunlight for photosynthesis.1:01
The cone shape of the evergreens helps snow slide off of them so the branches don't break from the weight of the snow.1:09
The Environment of the Taiga.1:18
Encourages healthy tree growth, and some of the trees there are thousands of years old.1:20
The Taiga also hosts a wide variety of wildlife.1:27
It is home to Russia's largest populations of brown bear, wolf, moose, reindeer, and red fox.1:32
It also has as many as 300 species of birds, including the golden eagle and the great grey owl.1:41
The tiger, however, is in danger because of global warming and an increase in deforestation over the past decades.1:50
Fortunately, governments are taking measures to protect this precious natural habitat.1:59
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