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 ...

There’s no shortage of art exhibits proposing a message about the environment, but "Temperate Grasslands" at Big Medium shares an appreciation for the natural world that differs from the usual ...

Description: Temperate grasslands are one of the most threatened global ecotypes. Across North America, conversion of grasslands to intensive crop production or residential development is having ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / September 26, 2024 / Annual analysis from World Wildlife Fund's Plowprint report reveals 1.9 million acres of grasslands were converted for crops in 2022 alone across ...

A reflection of the planet’s increasingly volatile climate and the enduring influence of industrial interests, North American grasslands find themselves at the epicenter of one of the most severe ...

A new global data set makes it possible to track near-real-time changes in several types of vegetation across different ecosystems, including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, croplands, temperate ...

Grass, clover and herbs are the foundation of Swiss agriculture: Two-thirds of Switzerland's agricultural land is grassland, much of which is barely suitable for arable farming. Vast areas of ...

North Dakota’s landscape has been extensively altered by agriculture and urbanization. More than half of North Dakota’s native prairie and wetlands have been converted to cropland or development.

During recent years, carbonyl sulfide (COS), a trace gas with a similar diffusion pathway into leaves as carbon dioxide (CO₂), but with no known “respiration-like” leaf source, has been discussed as a ...