Evolutionary Continuum: Biome Selection

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Evolutionary Continuum: Biome Selection
Topic Started: Jun 14 2008, 06:19 PM (2,161 Views)
Livyatan	Jun 14 2008, 06:19 PM Post #1
Posts: 1,998 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad Nationality: American	It is now the time to select the specific biomes to be highlighted in this project. Examples include: Amazon grassland, Himalayan mountains, etc. Biome List North America / Caribbean Caribbean Islands (tropical forest and savanna) Atlantic Isles/Iceland (tropical forest, savanna, steppe, volcanic slopes, and tundra) California (temperate forest, scrubland, and desert) Arctic Tundra (tundra and boreal forest) Mexico (desert) Eastern America (temperate forest) South America Amazon basin (grasslands and tropical forest) Galapagos (rainforest, mangrove forest, and desert) Patagonia (scrub, temperate grassland, and savanna) Andes (temperate and tropical mountains) Eurasia Mediterranean basin (salt fields, marshes, and temperate mountains) Sri Lanka/Nearby Islands (monsoon forest) British Isles (temperate forest and open woodland) Southeast Asia (tropical rainforest and bamboo forest) Central Europe and Asia (temperate forest) Africa Madagascar (tropical rainforest, monsoon forest, scrub, and savanna) Congo basin (tropical rainforest) Sahara (savanna and mixed scrub) East Africa (tropical rainforest, savanna, and desert) Australasia / Pacific Islands Outback (savanna, scrub, and desert) Hawaii (tropical forest, volcanic slopes, and savanna) New Zealand (temperate rainforest and mountains) Temperate Australia (temperate forest, grassland, and mountains) Antarctic Antarctic Mainland (tundra and limited boreal forest) Oceans Sargasso Sea (open ocean and kelp forests) Great Barrier Reef (open ocean and coral reefs) Weddell Sea (open ocean and kelp forests)



JohnFaa	Jun 15 2008, 02:37 AM Post #2
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	How about the Mediterranean zone? After the Mediterranean dries out the remaining basin would have several ecosystems; the salt fields, the mountains-that-were-once-islands, maybe marshes as well...



Livyatan	Jun 15 2008, 01:31 PM Post #3
Posts: 1,998 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad Nationality: American	Very good! I'll start a list.



JohnFaa	Jun 15 2008, 03:27 PM Post #4
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	We could also include Pacific islands; I don't know if we should focus on New Zealand or in newly formed volcanic islands though. Edited by JohnFaa, Jun 15 2008, 03:27 PM.



Parasky	Jun 15 2008, 04:38 PM Post #5
The Great Wizzard Posts: 5,391 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American	JohnFaa Jun 15 2008, 02:37 AM How about the Mediterranean zone? After the Mediterranean dries out the remaining basin would have several ecosystems; the salt fields, the mountains-that-were-once-islands, maybe marshes as well... Mt. Malta, the Sicilian Plateau, and the Aegean Mountains. I like that choice, it will make very interesting things. I imagine most of it would be desert though, and the salt fields would be interesting as well. I'm trying to think of something that might live in that area; perhaps some kind of land-coral? I don't know.



Livyatan	Jun 15 2008, 04:39 PM Post #6
Posts: 1,998 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad Nationality: American	What would New Zealand's habitat's consist of? I figure mountains and temperate woodland / forest. Also, salt fields would actually be rather limited as mountains would start forming, at a Himalayan rate. Edited by Livyatan, Jun 15 2008, 04:40 PM.



Parasky	Jun 15 2008, 04:41 PM Post #7
The Great Wizzard Posts: 5,391 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American	Most likely. And with Africa moved in the way it is, the Himalayas will no longer block rain and the Sahara will no longer exist.



Parasky	Jun 15 2008, 04:46 PM Post #8
The Great Wizzard Posts: 5,391 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American	I'm trying to find a way to make a world map of all this, not much luck though.



Livyatan	Jun 15 2008, 04:46 PM Post #9
Posts: 1,998 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad Nationality: American	Well, the Sahara will no longer exist due to higher global rainfall and lack of human-caused detrimental effects. Also, I'd like anyone wishing to make a map to wait until all biomes are decided so that they may be highlighted on the map in some way. Edited by Livyatan, Jun 15 2008, 04:46 PM.



Parasky	Jun 15 2008, 04:58 PM Post #10
The Great Wizzard Posts: 5,391 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American	Oh, I'm just looking for a map, not making one. All I can find is 100 million and 250 million years from now. I guess we will just have to make one, but wait until they are selected.



Livyatan	Jun 15 2008, 05:19 PM Post #11
Posts: 1,998 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad Nationality: American	Well, I don't want to use something found on the internet. Its more appropriate that we create one related to this project. Plus, not everyone shares the same opinion about how the world will appear in the future. Now should it be a biome map, or just a regular, featureless map (other than mountains and such)?



JohnFaa	Jun 15 2008, 05:30 PM Post #12
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	Biome map, its more usefull to me



Parasky	Jun 15 2008, 07:03 PM Post #13
The Great Wizzard Posts: 5,391 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: May 27, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American	JohnFaa Jun 15 2008, 05:30 PM Biome map, its more usefull to me Agreed.



Livyatan	Jun 16 2008, 07:37 PM Post #14
Posts: 1,998 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad Nationality: American	Okay, we need more biomes people! We should really get started on the real project.



JohnFaa	Jun 17 2008, 12:57 AM Post #15
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	What about future Antartica? At this point it would still have ice caps, but some tundra and cold forest could start developing in the Antartic Peninsula



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