Interesting Facts
Did you know...
- The arctic tundra is the worlds youngest habitat? It is only 10,000 years old.
- It is effected by human pollution.
- The Arctic tundra is changing dramatically due to global warming. Already, more southern animals like the red fox have moved onto the tundra. The red fox is now competing with the Arctic fox for food and territory, and the long-term impact on the sensitive Arctic fox is unknown.
- With global warming, the fall freeze comes later and more of the permafrost is melting in the southern Arctic. Shrubs and spruce that previously couldn't take root on the permafrost now dot the landscape.
- With global warming, the fall freeze comes later and more of the permafrost is melting in the southern Arctic.
- It is least explored by humans.
- There are only 6 weeks of summer.
- On a regular summer day , the sun is up 24 hours a day which means mostly no night.
- There is very little to no precipitation.
- The soil is not good for growing.
- 2nd most deadly environment.
- Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturi, meaning treeless plain.