This document provides an outline of biomes and ecosystems around the world, including terrestrial biomes like rainforests, deserts, grasslands, and forests, as well as marine ecosystems from the open ocean to coastal areas. It also discusses freshwater ecosystems like lakes and wetlands, and notes several human impacts such as habitat loss, pollution, and climate change that are threatening biodiversity.

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2. Biomes: Global Patterns of Life

5. Biomes

10. Tropical Rainforests

13. Tropical Savannas and Grasslands

16. Deserts

18. Grasslands

21. Temperate Deciduous Forests

25. Temperate Rainforest

26. Boreal Forest

28. Tundra

32. Zones of the Ocean

34. Thermal Vent Community

41. Storm Erosion on a Barrier Island

43. Layers of a Lake

44. Terrestrial Ecosystems Influence a Lake

47. Wetlands

50. Human Disturbance