Events at the N.C. Transportation Museum. The N.C. Transportation Museum hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including Day Out With Thomas â¢, Excursions and THE POLAR EXPRESS â¢ Train Ride. Car shows, aviation events and educational programs highlight specific areas of transportation history and interest.ransportation Museum. The N.C. Transportation Museum hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including Day Out With Thomas â¢, Excursions and THE POLAR EXPRESS â¢ Train Ride. Car shows, aviation events and educational programs highlight specific areas of transportation history and interest.
The Carboniferous Period is famous for its vast swamp forests, such as the one depicted here. Such swamps produced the coal from which the term Carboniferous, or carbon-bearing, is derived. The Carboniferous Period lasted from about 359.2 to 299 million years ago* during the late Paleozoic Era. The term Carboniferous comes from England, in reference to the rich deposits of coal that occur there. These deposits of coal occur throughout northern Europe, Asia, and midwestern and eastern North America.
Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome found in temperate regions of the world with warm summers and cool winters and adequate rainfall to sustain a forest. In most temperate coniferous forests, evergreen conifers predominate, while some are a mix of conifers and broadleaf evergreen trees and/or broadleaf deciduous trees. Temperate evergreen forests are common in the coastal areas of regions that have mild winters and heavy rainfall, or inland in drier climates or mountain areas. Temperate coniferous forests are only found in the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia. A separate ecoregion, the tropical coniferous forests, occurs in more tropical climates. Structurally, these forests are rather simple, generally consisting of two layers: an overstory and understory.