Siberian Taiga

Siberian Taiga, Earth’s largest forest biome, blankets 5.7 million km² of Russia in a frozen green sea. This boreal wilderness of spruce, larch, and pine shelters elusive Siberian tigers, brown bears, and migratory reindeer. Its permafrost soils store 1.5 trillion tons of carbon—vital for climate regulation. Threatened by logging and wildfires, this "lungs of the North" remains a crucible of biodiversity and indigenous Evenki traditions, where -60°C winters shape an ecosystem of stark survival.