Oh no! This page was snatched by this mandrill. - Education
This endangered mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) was photographed by National Geographic Photographer Joel Sartore on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, in his ambitious project to document every species in captivity—inspiring people not just to care, but also to help protect these animals for future generations. Before drills disappear, like this webpage has, learn how …
Antarctica - Education | National Geographic Society
The continent of Antarctica makes up most of the Antarctic region. The Antarctic is a cold, remote area in the Southern Hemisphere encompassed by the Antarctic Convergence.The Antarctic Convergence is an uneven line of latitude where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the warmer waters of the world’s oceans.The Antarctic covers approximately 20 percent of the …
Antarctica has a larger role than most continents in maintaining Earth’s heat balance. Ice is more reflective than land or water surfaces. The massive Antarctic Ice Sheet reflects a large amount of solar radiation away from Earth’s surface. As global ice cover (ice sheets and glaciers) decreases, the reflectivity of Earth’s surface also ...
Not all Deserts are Sandy - Education
2024年9月25日 · The largest desert on Earth is Antarctica, which covers 14.2 million square kilometers (5.5 million square miles). It is also the coldest desert on Earth, even colder than the planet’s other polar desert, the Arctic. Composed of mostly ice flats, Antarctica has reached temperatures as low as -89°C (-128.2°F).
Tundra Biome - National Geographic Society
2024年12月4日 · For most of the year, the tundra biome is a cold, frozen landscape. This . biome has a short growing season, followed by harsh conditions that the plants and animals in the region need special adaptations to survive.. Tundra form in two distinct cold and dry regions. Arctic tundra are found on high-latitude landmasses, above the Arctic Circle—in Alaska, Canada, …
Arctic - Education | National Geographic Society
2023年10月19日 · The Antarctic is mostly land surrounded by water. Because the Arctic Ocean absorbs so much more solar radiation than the Antarctic ice sheet, the Arctic is much, much, much warmer than the Antarctic. In fact, the Arctic is not even the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere. (The icy, subarctic interior of Siberia, in eastern Russia, holds ...
Glaciers: Moving Rivers of Ice - National Geographic Society
2023年10月19日 · A glacier is a huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land. The term “glacier” comes from the French word glace (glah-SAY), which means ice.Glaciers are often called “ rivers of ice.” Glaciers fall into two groups: alpine glaciers and ice sheets. Alpine glaciers form on mountainsides and move downward through valleys.Sometimes, alpine glaciers create or …
Antarctica: A Virtual Reality Exploration - Education
2023年10月19日 · Antarctica: A Virtual Reality Exploration Join National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen for an unparalleled virtual reality tour of Antarctica, where he took incredible 360-degree footage of the breathtaking landscape and his encounters with wildlife.
Educator Spotlight: How Does Antarctica Measure Up?
2016年3月8日 · A Land of Extremes While the superlatives of Antarctica are well-noted — it is the coldest, windiest, driest, and highest land mass — the reality of the continent’s magnitude is not commonly appreciated, perhaps an artifact of the way it is portrayed on many of our maps, as a thin line stretched across the bottom of the world.
Continent - Education | National Geographic Society
2023年11月29日 · A continent is one of Earth’s seven main divisions of land. The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. When geographers identify a continent, they usually include all the islands associated with it. Japan, for instance, is part of the continent of Asia.