Roughly 40 percent of Earth’s land surface is covered by grasslands. Grasslands store about one-third of Earth’s terrestrial carbon and act as important carbon sinks. More than one million people take ...
Grasslands evolved under a harsh climate with periodic fires and grazing by large herbivores. By removing any of these natural disturbances, the grassland will start to degrade. Many game production ...
Grasslands are managed worldwide to support livestock production, while remaining natural or semi-natural ones provide critical services that contribute to the wellbeing of both people and the planet.
Jan. 5 (UPI) --Once a carbon sink, grasslands have evolved to become a net positive source of greenhouse gas over the last few hundreds years. In a new study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature ...
HALL COUNTY. ANDREW: IT’S SOMETHING NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE IN RECORDED HISTY.OR THIS MANY WHOOPING CRANES ALL IN ONE AREA, IN THE WILD, DURING A MIGRATN.IO THIS WAS RECORDED OMFR A CRANE TRUST ...
At grassland sites worldwide, including the Midwest and Great Plains, scientists simulated extreme drought conditions. The study provides a far-reaching and systematic look at the effects of drought ...
NASHVILLE — In the early 2000s, a harvest of pine trees on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau led to a remarkable discovery. Once sunlight hit the ground, the seeds and rootstock of native grasses and ...
The threatened eastern meadowlark is one of several ground-nesting species that live on the 110-acre parcel, which was recently preserved by the Vermont wildlife department. Jill Kilborn, right, and ...
Grasslands are managed worldwide to support livestock production, while remaining natural or semi-natural ones provide critical services that contribute to the wellbeing of both people and the planet.