Rainforests are in wet tropical areas that receive from 50 to over 200 inches of rain a year. The rain forests have four distinct layers - emergent, upper canopy, understory and forest floor. The height of trees in each of those layers is distinctively different and quite interesting; from the top down, each layer affects and creates the environment for everything below it.
A Conservationist Sees Signs of Hope for World's Rainforests
A Conservationist Sees Signs of Hope for World's Rainforests,
October 30, 2014,
By Rhett Butler,
Yale Environment 360,
After decades of sobering news, a prominent conservationist says he is fi
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_conservationist_see...
A New Leaf in the Rainforest: Longtime Villain Vows Reform
A New Leaf in the Rainforest: Longtime Villain Vows Reform,
March 10, 2014,
By Rhett Butler,
Yale Environment 360,
Few companies have done as much damage to the world's tropical forests as Asi
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_new_leaf_in_the_rai...
Create A Tropical Rainforest Food Web
Create A Tropical Rainforest Food Web
Interactive Science Worksheets
Copyright by Alan & Hui Meng
Click and drag the animals and arrows to form a possible food web in a tropical rainforest. Arr
http://www.vtaide.com/png/rainwebCre8.htm
Earth Floor: Biomes - Rainforest Earth Floor: Biomes - Rainforest,
Wheeling Jesuit University,
Are tropical rainforests hot? Are they moist? Find out the answer to those questions and more; use the menu on the right side to learn
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/...
Ecosystems still feel the pain of ancient extinctionsEcosystems still feel the pain of ancient extinctions,
August 11, 2013,
by Michael Marshall,
New Scientist,
By wiping out massive plant-eaters like giant ground sloths, humans inadvertently depr
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24026-ecosys...
In Imperiled Forests of Borneo, A Rich Tropical Eden Endures
In Imperiled Forests of Borneo, A Rich Tropical Eden Endures,
December 19, 2013,
By William Laurance, research professor,
Yale Environment 360,
In Borneo's Danum Valley - one of the last, unt
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_imperiled_forests_...
Jungle Video Clip
Jungle Video Clip
Newton's Apple
Twin Cities Public Television
Overview
Words like "jungle" and "survival" mean one thing in cities and towns, but they mean something entirely different in the
http://www.newtonsapple.tv/video.php...
Passport to the Rainforests
Passport to the Rainforests
RESEARCH/ers
Meet researchers in the field and the multimedia production crew who use satellites and online connections to erase the miles between you and the rainfor
http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/main.htm...
Pollution poses long-range danger to Borneo's forests
Pollution poses long-range danger to Borneo's forests,
April 1, 2015,
By Alex Kirby,
Climate News Network,
Air quality in Borneo's rainforests is being affected by pollution from human activit
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/pollution-poses-...
Rain Forest Homework Help
Rain Forest Homework Help
K-12 educational and study resources on world-wide rain forests.
http://rainforesthomeworkhelp.boomja.com/index.php
Rainforest Biomes
Rainforest Biomes
Blue Planet Biomes
Tropical Rainforest
The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average of 50 to 260 inches (125 to 660 cm.) o
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
Rainforest: Mission: Biomes
Rainforest: Mission: Biomes
Earth Observatory
NASA.gov
Description
There are two types of rainforests, tropical and temperate. Tropical rainforests are found closer to the equator where it is
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome...
Rainforests
Rainforests
New Hampshire Public Television
What Are Rainforests?
There are two types of rainforests - temperate and tropical. Tropical and temperate rainforests have some things in common. Bot
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep8e.htm
Tropical forests may reduce global warming rate
Tropical forests may reduce global warming rate,
December 30, 2014,
From: UCAR AtmosNews,
A new study led by NASA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) shows that tropical for
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/48139
Tropical RainforestsTropical Rainforests
Windows to the Universe
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
Have you ever been to a rainforest? Rainforests have very different trees than the ones you mig
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/rainforest.h...
World Biomes World Biomes
Explore forest, grassland, desert, and tundra biomes.
Visit the web site for the activity.
� Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_...