Why We Find Rainforests in Unexpected Places

Many of us are familiar with rainforests; lush and exotic environments that serve as the pinnacle of life on Earth. For the most part we assume these only occur throughout the tropics, but as it turns out certain areas in the temperate latitudes can receive just as much rainfall, creating a number of rainforests in unexpected places. Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/atlaspro Follow me on Twitter @theatlaspro Sources / Further Reading https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001127 https://imgur.com/6lvzmXZ https://www.npr.org/2020/08/18/903593291/the-evolutionary-history-of-penguins-is-far-from-black-and-white#:~:text=New%20Research%20Suggests%20Penguins%20Originated%20In%20Australia%2C%20New%20Zealand%20New,climes%20over%2022%20million%20years. https://nyskiblog.com/directory/weather-data/new-york/state-average-precipitation-map/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecog.05075 http://nsidc.org/greenland-today/2019/11/ https://ign.ku.dk/english/about/arboreta/arboretum-greenland/forest-plantations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrcania#/media/File:Map_of_the_Achaemenid_Empire.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_tiger#/media/File:Panthera_tigris_virgata_dis.png https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Turkeys-total-precipitation-normal-1970-2010-distribution-prepared-by-TSMS_fig8_262456093 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonauts#/media/File:Constantine_Volanakis_Argo.jpg https://studenthandouts.com/world-history/ancient-greece/pictures/map-ancient-greece-greek-colonies.htm https://external-preview.redd.it/w5GWr82JXHIeXZFSajk-sRmzkjRlj0c1hGt3StA04SQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=8cbaa1439ea33594d4a7102ab3f6b084de74cfcb https://www.skogur.is/en/forestry/forestry-in-a-treeless-land/history-of-forests-in-iceland https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/22pyrd/us_precipitation_map_3000_x_2200/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/a4o66s/europe_average_yearly_precipitation_link_to/ https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-77764-1_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake-effect_snow#/media/File:Lake_Effect_Snow_on_Earth.jpg