The tundra is a unique ice-adapted vegetation and is considered one of the most threatened by current climate change. Read More about Tropical Arctic Read Less about Tropical ArcticĪ small herd of musk oxen gallops below as we fly in a helicopter over the vast, stunted tundra landscape. By looking at Earth’s past, we see a glimpse of the future of our warming planet-and learn an important lesson for our time of climate change. Tropical Arctic explains our planet’s story of environmental upheaval, mass extinction, and resilience. Readers will also enjoy a front-row seat to the scientific adventures of life in the field, with engaging anecdotes about analyzing fossils and learning to ward off polar bear attacks. A stunning compilation of paint and pencil art, photos, maps, and engineered fossil models, Tropical Arctic blends art and science to bring a lost world to life. They began with a simple question: “What was the color of a fossilized leaf?” Tropical Arctic answers that question and more, allowing readers to experience Triassic Greenland through three reconstructed landscapes and an expertly researched catalog of extinct plants. Glasspool, and award-winning scientific illustrator Marlene Hill Donnelly. Tropical Arctic tracks a ten-million-year window of Earth’s history when global temperatures soared and the vegetation of the world responded.Ī project over eighteen years in the making, Tropical Arctic is the result of a unique collaboration between two paleobotanists, Jennifer C. While today’s Greenland is largely covered in ice, in the time of the dinosaurs the area was a lushly forested, tropical zone.
An illustrated visit to the tropical arctic of 205 million years ago when Greenland was green.
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