Tundra
noun
A type of ecosystem found in cold regions with limited trees and vegetation.
In the Arctic, the tundra can be a tough place for plants and animals to survive due to the cold.
Often appears as...
- arctic tundra
- alpine tundra
noun
A vehicle model produced by the Toyota company.
The new Toyota Tundra has an impressive towing capacity.
Often appears as...
- toyota tundra
- tundra truck
noun
A type of ecosystem found in cold regions with limited trees and vegetation.
In the Arctic, the tundra can be a tough place for plants and animals to survive due to the cold.
Often appears as...
- arctic tundra
- alpine tundra
noun
A vehicle model produced by the Toyota company.
The new Toyota Tundra has an impressive towing capacity.
Often appears as...
- toyota tundra
- tundra truck
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Climate Specific
The word 'tundra' refers to an environment in very cold climates; it's not used for any other kind of ecosystem.
Despite the harsh climate, several species thrive in the tundra.
Pro Tip 2/3No Trees
A key feature of tundra ecosystems is that they lack trees due to the permafrost.
A distinguishing trait of the tundra is its flat, treeless panorama.
Pro Tip 3/3Biome Terminology
'Tundra' is also used more broadly to describe one of Earth's biomes in geography and ecology.
Students learn about the tundra as one of the major biomes.
Pro Tip 1/3Climate Specific
The word 'tundra' refers to an environment in very cold climates; it's not used for any other kind of ecosystem.
Despite the harsh climate, several species thrive in the tundra.
Pro Tip 2/3No Trees
A key feature of tundra ecosystems is that they lack trees due to the permafrost.
A distinguishing trait of the tundra is its flat, treeless panorama.
Pro Tip 3/3Biome Terminology
'Tundra' is also used more broadly to describe one of Earth's biomes in geography and ecology.
Students learn about the tundra as one of the major biomes.
Pro Tip 1/3Climate Specific
The word 'tundra' refers to an environment in very cold climates; it's not used for any other kind of ecosystem.
Despite the harsh climate, several species thrive in the tundra.
Pro Tip 2/3No Trees
A key feature of tundra ecosystems is that they lack trees due to the permafrost.
A distinguishing trait of the tundra is its flat, treeless panorama.
Pro Tip 3/3Biome Terminology
'Tundra' is also used more broadly to describe one of Earth's biomes in geography and ecology.
Students learn about the tundra as one of the major biomes.
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Pavan Sukhdev: Put a...
like the tundra and like the Sahara. But that doesn't help because there were very few species and volume of biomass there in the first place. This is the challenge. The reason this is happening boils down, in my mind, to one basic problem, which is our inability to perceive the difference
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What would happen if...
and tundras. Our impact is so profound, most scientists believe humanity has left a permanent mark on Earth’s geological record. So what would happen if suddenly, every human on Earth disappeared? With no one maintaining them, some of our creations backfire immediately.
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Annie Murphy Paul: What...
our enormous flexibility, our ability to thrive in a huge variety of environments, from the country to the city, from the tundra to the desert. To conclude, I want to tell you two stories about how mothers teach their children about the world
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Why are these 32 symbols...
in caves, rock shelters and even a few surviving open-air sites. But this is not the Europe we know today. This was a world dominated by towering ice sheets, three to four kilometers high, with sweeping grass plains and frozen tundra.
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The birth of virtual...
it starts around a fire, with a good story. Our clan leader is telling us about how he hunted the woolly mammoth on the tundra that day. We hear his words and translate them into our own internal truths. The same thing happens
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Reversing animal...
indeed grazing and trampling the tundra into grassland and Sergei is waiting patiently for mammoths to come and join his herds to help stabilize climate change next animal passenger pigeon okay
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The Planet Earth...
come to an end but the mother has given her Cubs the best possible start in life the geese will continue grazing the tundra until the summer ends and they're forced to head south for the winter
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What Are Tundras? PIPE...
during the short summers which range from fifty to sixty days a variety of wildlife including arctic foxes polar bears and caribou live in the Arctic tundra global warming is changing the
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Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
but the mother has given her cubs the best possible start in life. The geese will continue grazing the tundra until the summer ends and they're forced to head south for the winter.
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How an Arctic Squirrel...
This is the tundra. Even trees struggle to take root in the icy soil. But life is possible even here.
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Pavan Sukhdev: Put a...
like the tundra and like the Sahara. But that doesn't help because there were very few species and volume of biomass there in the first place. This is the challenge. The reason this is happening boils down, in my mind, to one basic problem, which is our inability to perceive the difference
Video examples
What would happen if...
and tundras. Our impact is so profound, most scientists believe humanity has left a permanent mark on Earth’s geological record. So what would happen if suddenly, every human on Earth disappeared? With no one maintaining them, some of our creations backfire immediately.
Video examples
Annie Murphy Paul: What...
our enormous flexibility, our ability to thrive in a huge variety of environments, from the country to the city, from the tundra to the desert. To conclude, I want to tell you two stories about how mothers teach their children about the world
Video examples
Why are these 32 symbols...
in caves, rock shelters and even a few surviving open-air sites. But this is not the Europe we know today. This was a world dominated by towering ice sheets, three to four kilometers high, with sweeping grass plains and frozen tundra.
Video examples
The birth of virtual...
it starts around a fire, with a good story. Our clan leader is telling us about how he hunted the woolly mammoth on the tundra that day. We hear his words and translate them into our own internal truths. The same thing happens
Video examples
Reversing animal...
indeed grazing and trampling the tundra into grassland and Sergei is waiting patiently for mammoths to come and join his herds to help stabilize climate change next animal passenger pigeon okay
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
come to an end but the mother has given her Cubs the best possible start in life the geese will continue grazing the tundra until the summer ends and they're forced to head south for the winter
Video examples
What Are Tundras? PIPE...
during the short summers which range from fifty to sixty days a variety of wildlife including arctic foxes polar bears and caribou live in the Arctic tundra global warming is changing the
Video examples
Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
but the mother has given her cubs the best possible start in life. The geese will continue grazing the tundra until the summer ends and they're forced to head south for the winter.
Video examples
How an Arctic Squirrel...
This is the tundra. Even trees struggle to take root in the icy soil. But life is possible even here.
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Jeanne Marie Laskas
American Writer
For centuries, native Eskimos cut blocks of oil-soaked tundra from natural seeps to use as fuel. In the 1920s, explorers arrived and began poking holes. In 1968, they discovered Prudhoe Bay State No. 1, the largest oil field in North America and one of the largest in the world, and a year later the adjacent Kuparuk field, the second-largest.
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Once a landscape is industrialized, its wild character is lost for good. You can't recreate untouched tundra, mountain meadows, crystal clear streams, and animals that have never encountered toxic waste.
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George Vecsey
American Author
I've seen fire, and I've seen rain. I've also had to scramble over tundra to get to the Super Bowl and seen baseball turf fields that could fry a fielder's soles.
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George M. Church
American Scientist
Letting the tundra melt is the equivalent to burning all of the forests in all of the world and their roots two and a half times over.
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Matt Groening
American Cartoonist
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
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Sara Pascoe
English Comedian
We parcel up time into years and months and days because without compartmentalisation the tundra of time is impossible to navigate.
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Joss Whedon
American Writer
I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this.
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Tatiana Schlossberg
Melting permafrost in Greenland and the Arctic tundra is releasing vast amounts of methane, a potent climate-altering gas.
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
We imbue deserts and the tundra with menace because nothing, or little, grows there.
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Jeanne Marie Laskas
American Writer
For centuries, native Eskimos cut blocks of oil-soaked tundra from natural seeps to use as fuel. In the 1920s, explorers arrived and began poking holes. In 1968, they discovered Prudhoe Bay State No. 1, the largest oil field in North America and one of the largest in the world, and a year later the adjacent Kuparuk field, the second-largest.
Quote examples
David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits to adapt to and flourish in habitats as varied as deserts, Arctic tundra, tropical rainforests, wetlands and high mountain ranges.
Quote examples
Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Once a landscape is industrialized, its wild character is lost for good. You can't recreate untouched tundra, mountain meadows, crystal clear streams, and animals that have never encountered toxic waste.
Quote examples
George Vecsey
American Author
I've seen fire, and I've seen rain. I've also had to scramble over tundra to get to the Super Bowl and seen baseball turf fields that could fry a fielder's soles.
Quote examples
George M. Church
American Scientist
Letting the tundra melt is the equivalent to burning all of the forests in all of the world and their roots two and a half times over.
Quote examples
Matt Groening
American Cartoonist
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Quote examples
Sara Pascoe
English Comedian
We parcel up time into years and months and days because without compartmentalisation the tundra of time is impossible to navigate.
Quote examples
Joss Whedon
American Writer
I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this.
Quote examples
Tatiana Schlossberg
Melting permafrost in Greenland and the Arctic tundra is releasing vast amounts of methane, a potent climate-altering gas.
Quote examples
Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
We imbue deserts and the tundra with menace because nothing, or little, grows there.
Example 1 of 10
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