| 单词 | grassland |
| 例句 | It was summertime, the dry season, and the grassland had grown yellowish. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A carefully managed fire could turn impassable barren thickets into prime grasslands teeming with game. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So in a land which nature found suited to grass growing mixed with and under the shelter of sage, it is now proposed to eliminate the sage and create unbroken grassland. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The grassland between the stream and cliff was thick with them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the next few weeks, we’re going to be in open grassland with no guaranteed access to any substantial amount of water.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On the other hand, a huge stretch of grassland lay between them ahd the beach. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A thin bank of clouds below the ridge mirrored the heavier layer overhead, but forests, grasslands, and the shimmering arcs of rivers were visible through the misty veil. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It goes through grassland studded with honey-acacia trees, and it goes past factories, and then it conies to a rotary and enters the bustling street life of Nairobi. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The cries of the baboons echoed in the trees across the grassland, but they didn’t attempt to approach the cliff. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The grassland was lush with plants, in spite of it being only the beginning of the rainy season. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a modern-day covered wagon, it rolls out of the waving grasslands and stops. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You said it yourself once, there’s nothing out there but open grassland. It would be a safe place for Adiah to get rid of the splendor still inside her.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Few seem to have asked whether grasslands are a stable and desirable goal in this region. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z These clouds were moving as the result of pure chance, the effect of utterly, random events at the level of atoms and molecules; their shadows speeding over the grassland had no meaning at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Like a friendly machete they clear a path through the grasslands for you and then lead you into a pit. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The animals slipped through the grassland like the vervet monkeys near the leopard cave. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as the sun went down, they suddenly made up their minds and headed for the trees at the edge of the grassland. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Conversely, all that forest means that there is no native grassland or natural pasture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo looked for a way into the grassland so she could peer more closely into the windows, which were open but covered by a fretwork of iron. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the moon rose above the grasslands, Dany slipped at last into a restless sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Shasta, who had lived all his life in an almost tree-less grassland, had never seen so many or so many kinds. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The journey would take us through jungles, grasslands, and desert. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The tribe migrated for several reasons, including civil war and discrimination at home, as well as the fact that the mountains held an abundance of grasslands—a paradise for grazing cows. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Lacy lamps, pottery milkmaids, and paintings of African grasslands you buy on the stairs at Littlewoods, if you really want to. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She found a game trail that meandered until it met a wide grassland divided by a stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounded lovely, the name of that Ghanaian town, and she imagined a sleepy cluster of homes on stretches of sweet-scented grasslands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But the Indians maintained and expanded the grasslands by regularly setting huge areas on fire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She could camp inside one of the caves and watch the grassland for predators. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She backed into the opening and watched the forest on the other side of the grassland. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By this they mean grassland — grass without sage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z By comparison, grasslands are easily invaded by tree seedlings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There wasn’t anything around except hills, grassland, and some scattered farm buildings. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There were several lights attached to the roof of a large, square house, and they illuminated a grassland surrounded by a fence. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias walked onwards, ignoring the cruel jibes of the owl, through the farmyard and across the grassland, not stopping until he arrived at the fringe of Mossflower Wood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Woodland elephants are different from their grand cousins who stomp across the grasslands: they’re smaller and more delicate, nuzzling through the leafy soil with rosy-pink tusks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one the inhabitants of the grassland came alive. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Indigenous peoples who lived on the Great Plains also used fire to extend those vast grasslands to make more grazing lands for buffalo herds. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think that they will find her, ser? The grasslands are so vast, and dragons leave no tracks across the sky.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This insect infests about a third of Africa, posing a menace to human health and preventing the keeping of livestock in an area of some 4% million square miles of wooded grasslands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There are grasslands filled with endless purple flowers whipping by our windows. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They remembered the very same places in Narnia—"the grasslands up above Beaversdam" and found that they were some sort of second cousins once removed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It might have been a good land to live in, but for the spectral forms that drifted like mist over the grasslands and congregated near streams and low-lying water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it is one hundred square miles of grassland and trees, a lake, and some little rivers. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The steppes, the flat grassland of southeastern Europe, crawled with rats and mice. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She stopped where she was, in the open grassland, with the wind lashing her face and the cloud-shadows racing past her and the tall grasses whipping her thighs, and watched the canopy of the grove. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z For hundreds of thousands of years human beings have been burning and cutting down forests and encouraging domestic animals to graze on and destroy grasslands. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The calm of the mountains and the rolling grasslands had got into the inhabitants. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But forests are darker than grasslands, and grasslands are darker than deserts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A broad, slow-moving river wound through rich grassland in the middle distance, and at the foot of the long slope, among copses of small trees and rows of vegetables, stood a village of thatched houses. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hunter: I was really trying to find stories that made people think about grasslands differently. LISTEN: “Planet Earth II” producer on location challenges: “Pockets of the natural world which are in pristine condition are shrinking” 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Researchers at Colorado State University managed to use assisted reproductive techniques to create the disease-free group being moved to the grassland area this weekend. Tour News: Bison in Colorado, Oysters in Virginia 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z But even nature is a contested term these days, especially in Brazil, where the rain forest and grasslands were seen as obstacles to be conquered. Uncertainty in Brazil, Vitality in Its Art 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The horizontal clapboards of a house in “Clarkville, Colorado,” 1972, rhymes with the vast grasslands and sky that dominate the picture, and with the thin, faintly perceptible overhead wires high above. Sunlit Apocalypse: The Imperiled World of Robert Adams 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The lessons of the prairie and other biomes, thus, are transferrable to the home garden, even if most residential landscapes will lack that key feature of the grassland — the horizon — and its sense of expansiveness. A native plant designer’s memoir reflects on a life in the field 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The gentry needed more grassland to feed horses and livestock as England’s road network developed, fox hunting took off and agriculture expanded. The landscape architect who bottled nature 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Our streak continued the next morning when a small herd of pronghorn — arguably North America’s fastest land animal — galloped across the grasslands. Lots of wildlife and no crowds at North Dakota’s Roosevelt National Park 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z A later photograph in the same spirit shows a cow walking a narrow spit of dry ground in search of grassland, amid former pasture that has been flooded for shrimp aquaculture. Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Sri Lanka’s east coast, running from Trincomalee in the north to the grasslands of Yala in the south, has good reason to feel optimistic about the future. With civil war and a tsunami behind it, Sri Lanka’s east coast is opening up to tourism 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Thematic sections: tropical forests, wetlands and rivers, grasslands, Madagascar, and deserts. Smithsonian exhibition offers glimpses of Africa’s mighty wildlife 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Opposite an armchair, transfigured by cushions, were two TV monitors, each showing unedited wildlife footage, with no narration, just a tower of giraffes moving through grassland, or a heron standing by a water's edge. Chris Marker's vision will live on 2012-08-06T09:03:04Z The resulting cocktail foretells major shifts in the mosaic of forest, scrub and grassland that covers Western mountains. Heat, Water, Fire: How Climate Change Is Transforming the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z It’s a conical mushroom with a pale, yellowish top and purplish-blue spore, found in open grassland, which the cow pasture certainly was. Maybe the Trump years require magic mushrooms 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Tip: A small herd of bison grazing the grasslands in the park’s northern end can be seen for free from the Bison Paddock Loop Road, but make sure to stay in the car. 10 of Canada's best lesser-known national parks 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z These grasslands also support an even more threatened species, a shy, partridge-like bird called the corncrake, which remained silent and unseen. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Its 170,000 acres comprise grassland, forests, rivers, meadows, canyons and snow-capped peaks at the crossroads of three mountain ranges — at least, for now. At Three National Monuments, Quiet Trails and Questions About the Future 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Expanding oil activity in the years ahead will probably alter the character of the grasslands. Oil drilling threatens solitude of national park 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z During wildflower season, the livestock are inland, and the grasslands are used to grow Hebridean landraces of barley, oats and rye next to and among the meadows. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The result is the Simanjiro Conservation Easement, a 58,000-acre tract of grasslands set aside by local village councils, for grazing cattle and migrating wildlife. Explorer: Treading Lightly in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania 2011-05-20T18:55:00Z Those grasslands thrive, preventing erosion of topsoil, which is one of our worst global environmental crises, sequestering massive amounts of carbon, and producing dense, nutrient-rich food from marginal lands. 'Case for Sustainable Meat' takes on many sacred cows 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z He considers himself a farmer of grassland and carbon, with bison a byproduct of good land conservation. As Bison Becomes More Popular, Two Views Emerge on How to Treat Them 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Mongolia’s vast grasslands have long attracted adventure travelers, particularly those willing to go on horseback, but a limited tourism infrastructure has kept numbers low. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-01-11T16:15:59Z Back when it supported forest or grassland, before we cleared it to grow crops, it stored an awful lot of carbon. Perspective | Perennial grains could be a key weapon against climate change. But not quite yet. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z “They cut down all the trees, destroyed the soil with chemicals and turned it into this barren grassland.” The Return of the Jaguar 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Paynes Prairie in Gainesville contains grasslands rare in the U.S. that resemble the pampas of Argentina. Jeff VanderMeer on the beauty and weirdness of Florida 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Fourteen square miles of marshes, woodlands and grasslands here are home to more than 250 bird species. The Mora River Valley Faces a New Battle 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z At the J Bar L, there’s no spa, no room service and few amenities, except a gorgeous backdrop of seemingly endless grasslands and mountains. Journeys: Ranches Where Guests Do Everyday Cowboy Work 2010-07-09T16:48:00Z The spot allocated to those evicted is a barren patch of scrubby grassland, scattered with boulders. India's Hampi heritage site families face eviction from historic ruins 2012-05-26T23:06:07Z This collection of traits, scientists thought, separated the Homo genus from other hominins, such as Australopithecus or Ardipithecus, and arose when the Earth’s climate became cooler and drier and the African grasslands expanded in range. How humans beat out other early hominims 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Wild and undeveloped, the park preserves a 13-mile-wide crater of a dormant supervolcano, home to elk herds, grasslands and pine forests. Tour and Park News: Sonoma by Bike; Photos in Yellowstone 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z About 71 percent of the agricultural land is either grassland or rough grazing for cattle and sheep. After tackling Stage 4 cancer, he took on a new challenge — Hadrian’s Wall 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Concerned by the decline of big game and overgrazing of grasslands, he developed a passion for conservation. Lots of wildlife and no crowds at North Dakota’s Roosevelt National Park 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z And while I still dreamed of those horizons and grasslands, I wondered whether my longing to carry on the family legacy was folly. Young Farmers Conference at Stone Barns Center 2013-01-03T22:25:03Z Mun is “discovered” on the remote grasslands in much the way that a future pop star might be discovered on YouTube. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Also, pure landscapes emerged: the camera pressed against the perimeter fence of Heathrow only saw grassland with a distant bird lifting off. Framing the view: six artists reveal how they choose landscapes 2013-02-02T09:01:01Z What: An hour-and-a-half north of Los Angeles, the grasslands of the Mojave Desert come alive with golden orange California poppies, along with filaree and goldfields. 10 Places to See Wildflowers in the West 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Plague is found in marmots, large rodents that live in burrows in the sprawling north Asian grassland, and some other wild animals in parts of Mongolia, north-western China and eastern Russia. Teenage boy dies of plague in Mongolia after eating marmot 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Pines and eucalyptus gave way to high grassland, scrubby bushes and gnarly trees clinging to a jagged mountain landscape dotted with lakes. Three Sides of Ecuador 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Marine Park, with its 530 acres of grassland and salt marshes near Jamaica Bay, is the largest park in Brooklyn. The N.Y.C. Parks Commissioner on ‘the Experience of Place’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Routes 97 and 62 in California and Oregon, respectively, and passes grasslands, wetlands, ranches, waterfalls, pristine lakes and Mount Shasta until reaching Crater Lake National Park. In Oregon’s lone National Park, hike the country’s deepest, bluest lake 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The vastness and waving of the hilly grasslands in the wind make you smell salt. A Prairie Prologue in Nebraska 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z These are “sky islands,” isolated mountain formations separated by seas of desert that are uniquely biodiverse, offering habitats from scrub and grasslands to pine and fir forests as they rise. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z “I was young, full of beans, I’d just created beans, cars, grassland, Post-it Notes, the white rhinos, everything else . . . having replaced nothing with something.” Review | Zadie Smith’s debut short-story collection is a dazzling experiment in form and genre 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z We were visiting the Simanjiro Plains in Tanzania — a wide-open stretch of grasslands spanning roughly 100,000 acres, 80 miles southwest of Mount Kilimanjaro. Explorer: Treading Lightly in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania 2011-05-20T18:55:00Z But the limited protections here also mean the Simanjiro are under constant threat from big-city trespassers, who set up unregulated farms on the grasslands, clogging migration routes and choking off Masai pastures. Explorer: Treading Lightly in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania 2011-05-20T18:55:00Z Near the Devil’s Throat, a giant sinkhole over a hundred feet deep, grassland is being restored after wildfires in 2005. In Gold Butte in Nevada, Ancient Rock Art and Rugged Beauty 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z As we passed the Fiordland National Park entrance, the road twisted through an enchanted fairyland of red beech forests and golden grasslands draped in stalky wild lupines. Mountains? Rain forests? Fjords? New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park has them all. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z They start a funky food fight along to one of Animal Collective's catchiest pop tunes, yet until the camera draws back to reveal the final twist: the room is actually in the grassland! Can you decipher Animal Collective's visual album ODDSAC? 2010-05-10T10:21:00Z Razing a village is a war crime, and the torching of now at least 26 Nuban villages, plus the systematic destruction of crops and grasslands for cattle, is a crime against humanity, Clooney said. Clooney: Village burnings in Sudan a war crime 2012-12-06T17:46:05Z As I gazed across the misty grasslands of the wide savannah there it was, grazing happily. Read the winner of the 247 tale competition 2011-08-29T00:25:55Z Eastern meadowlarks are disappearing but other grassland species are holding their own. Protecting fragile bird species, one garden at a time If you are drawn to native plants, the blazing star of the American grassland deserves greater use in our gardens. The sudden heat and humidity of summer has gardeners dancing a seasonal salsa 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Here, amid miles of lovely, rolling grassland, you can escape the endless tarmac and chain restaurants of modern America and get a feel for what the prairie once was. On a Native American tour through the badlands 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z When the salt marsh is drained and walled off from the tide it becomes grassland. Pip and Me: A Journey Into the World of ‘Great Expectations’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z This means getting the maximum amount of production from rain-fed grassland, one of our most abundant natural resources in the UK. Should we all eat less meat? 2013-06-08T17:00:02Z TW: Burning grasslands to keep them free of saplings and invasive plants is a traditional practice. Designer Thomas L. Woltz Is Changing the Landscape of Green Space Design 2013-12-05T05:00:00Z Its full name is the Bob Marshall wilderness – a land of huge escarpments, ridges, grassland and forests full of wildlife. 10 of the best US hiking trails: readers’ travel tips 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z To the east, yellow grassland and scrub stretched to the horizon. Explorer: Off the Map in Nagorno-Karabakh, a Region in the Southern Caucasus 2012-09-21T17:31:32Z Some bastions of grasslands remain, including one set atop a remarkable labyrinth of limestone. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z The system that she, Ms. Kavanaugh and many other of these butchers embrace is rooted in grassland ranching, in which grazing animals play an integral role in sustainability. The Vegetarians Who Turned Into Butchers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Last week, Dixie and I traversed Sepiessa Point, through acres of ferns and scarlet oak, past the breeding ground for otters and out to where the grassland meets Tisbury Great Pond. Personal Journeys: Walking Martha?s Vineyard 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z The treks are well worth the time, especially ones that visit nearby Gahai Lake, a high grassland lake surrounded by distant mountains and home to many highland bird species. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z A planked pathway led to his site from the river, traversing marshes and grassland, and we found ourselves surrounded by farm animals — clucking chickens, roosters and calves. An Eco-Tour of Guatemala’s Rio Dulce Region 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The conversation turned, as it often would, to the addictive beauty of the grasslands. Buffalo, the Pawnee and an Old Story on a Trip Across the Plains 2012-06-22T16:48:50Z However flawed its narrative execution may be, however, the cinematography is beyond sublime, capturing the natural radiance of the grasslands and endless blue above. The "Yellowstone" effect: Welcome to the new era of TV Westerns 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The skyscrapers there are impressive, but so are the underwater grasslands, which all sorts of sea creatures depend on for survival. Television Review: ‘Wild Arabia,’ a Two-Hour Special on Animal Planet 2013-08-05T20:35:21Z In all, the foundation, with the help of the Nebraska State Historical Society, runs a number of sites in Red Cloud and Webster County, including 612 acres of unbroken prairie grassland. Willa Cather festival returns to tiny Red Cloud, Neb. 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Summertime in Nepal is when some of its last remaining nomads set up camp in the high grasslands west of Lo Manthang. Explorer: Myths and Mountains in Nepal 2012-10-28T06:23:48Z But the theory was contradicted by ancient oaks such as the ones at Knepp; they aren’t a forest species, but an open grassland species. Returned to the wild: A 3,500-acre estate outside London is ruled by nature 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Langmusi, a high-elevation town that splits the Gansu and Sichuan border, draws smaller crowds of backpackers in the summer for grassland treks and glimpses of its two smaller monasteries. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z As the number of mammoths dwindled, dense foliage took root and erased grassland. Would bringing back extinct animals turn out as badly as it did in ‘Jurassic Park’? 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Raising grazing animals on grassland, however, is significantly more expensive than raising steers on feedlots, making the meat more costly for consumers. The Vegetarians Who Turned Into Butchers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z In 2018, Brand and Church traveled to northeast Siberia, where Russian scientists are attempting to re-create a grassland ecosystem known as the mammoth steppe, named after its predominant and extinct herbivore, the woolly mammoth. Would bringing back extinct animals turn out as badly as it did in ‘Jurassic Park’? 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The views shifted from city to river, garden to grassland. A New $260 Million Park Floats on the Hudson. It’s a Charmer. 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Activities include wildlife observation, photography and a 10-mile auto tour past wetlands, grasslands and bird blinds. The Calif. national park — with lava beds — that most people don’t know about 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Surrounding the garden at Chatsworth is the Park, nearly a thousand acres of grasslands and forested ridges. The Parks That Made the Man Who Made Central Park 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Colossal redwoods dominate Muir Woods National Monument, while fog-shrouded grassland, maritime chaparral and coastal scrubland adapted to the distinctive Mediterranean climate accommodate a remarkable assortment of endangered plants. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z As you walk, ride or drive in the footsteps of the woolly mammoths that once grazed the lush grasslands cultivated by the retreating glaciers, keep your eyes pealed for porcupines, foxes and black bears. Six of the best US national trails – chosen by experts 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z It was the name given by traders crossing the oceanic Sahara to the welcoming grasslands that marked the desert’s southern rim, terrain that includes modern Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. Best Art Books of 2020 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Never used for farmland, the Sand Hills are said to be one of the most unique grasslands in the world and the largest, intact native grasslands in North America. A Prairie Prologue in Nebraska 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Each of the six episodes explores a different challenging climate—deserts, grasslands, oceans, and so on—and the merciless survival dramas among the animals within it, from hippos to pumas to great white sharks. “Hostile Planet”: Animals Are Struggling to Adapt, and National Geographic Is, Too 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The birds inhabit beaches, craggy cliffs, heathland and coastal grasslands, all within reasonable reach. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z This is the largest grassland in the city, but it got a reputation for grisly murders in the 1980s. A 17-Mile Hike to Unite San Francisco 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Forest Service and other groups have been trying to restore grassland at a site that was used as a U.S. Bison might soon call the Windy City area home 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Stretched apart some 15 million years ago and isolated by the development of arid grasslands and deserts between them, about 15 sky islands lie in Arizona’s Coronado National Forest; the rest are in Mexico. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Had I believed the nonsense about Nebraska being a “flyover state,” for instance, I would never have herded cattle on horseback through rolling grasslands lush with purple wildflowers and tall pines. I was determined to visit all 50 states. I soon discovered I wasn’t alone. 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z It was the name once given by traders crossing the oceanic Sahara to the welcoming grasslands that marked the desert’s southern rim, terrain that is now Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. 14 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z It’s situated on a lovely prospect in the foothills overlooking Osoyoos Lake — said to be the warmest freshwater lake in Canada — and the surrounding grasslands of the Thompson Plateau. Route 3, Canada’s version of Washington’s North Cascades loop, makes for a scenic drive with pretty hikes and wineries all around 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Once numbering 20 million, bison roamed across North American grasslands before they were hunted to near extinction. Arsenal bison return _ but limited space to roam 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z The flat grasslands were used as a grazing area for llamas and alpacas, and quinoa planting took place on hillside terraces, which Kerssen explains were “allocated by traditional authorities based on a family’s needs.” What your organic market doesn’t want you to know: The dark truth about quinoa 2014-04-24T11:50:00Z As visitors stroll westward, they encounter a sequence of small ecological habitats — woodland forest, coastal grassland, maritime scrub, the wetland and, finally, the river. At the End of the New Pier 26, a Surprise 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Around 30m years ago, rhinos, camels, giant ground sloths and saber-toothed cats roamed a lush grassland before being buried by a series of volcanic eruptions, which preserved their bones in colourful layers of tuff. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z His fetlocks puffed from galloping, his tail curled upward From the joy of feeling fleet across the tinted grasslands And the gold savannahs there. Our Year in Poems 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Sweeping vistas of grassland stretch in every direction, giving way to achingly blue skies. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z It flows instead into the Río de la Plata, which separates Argentina and Uruguay, after the Río Paraná splits into several smaller rivers and forms a multitude of sedimentary islands covered in forest and grasslands. Overnighter: In Argentina, Touring the Tigre Delta 2010-12-01T08:30:00Z They used to be, essentially, spaniels, living in forests, then the trees died in a bout of earlier global warming and grassland emerged and the horse-puppies had to run fast to escape tigers. Last week's TV 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z In Annette Isham’s video, shot with a drone and severed into unequal parts, two versions of a person meet and meld on a grasslands path. Review | In the galleries: More than just selfies, more than just photos 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z American taxpayers subsidize cowboy socialists in the western U.S. who graze European cattle in our deserts and dry grasslands while paying next to nothing into the treasury. The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Númenor, a large and imposing island featuring giant statues, a glittering palace, a thriving city and lush grasslands. ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 3: Island Time 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Washington’s Columbia River basin is a vast terrain rife with shrub and grassland, apple orchards and memories. ‘East of the Mountains’ Review: Heart Doctor Is a Lonely Hunter 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z That will improve the habitat for native grassland birds. Bison might soon call the Windy City area home 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z There is simply soil, pasture, grassland, a river. Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura – review 2013-02-06T08:00:01Z Open grassland then gave way to seemingly endless obstacle courses of lava rock. Rapa Nui Is Remote. And Then There’s Its Isolated North Coast 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Across the southernmost fields of Storm King, Mark di Suvero’s titanic steel articulations remain the paradigmatic sculptures of Storm King, their abstract concatenations of beams and panels towering majestically over the grassland. Storm King Reopens for the Art-Starved 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Corn crakes usually migrate to spend the winter in the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. The Passion and Peril of Birding 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The park’s geographic diversity, including oak woods, grasslands and coast, attracts more than 380 species of birds, best viewed in the mornings and evenings. On Safari in the City: A Guide to Urban Wildlife Viewing 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z His hair, like cultivated grassland, is lush at the top and sparse at the root. Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke' 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z But in leaving the road and entering the wild grasslands, both Albert and the horses mellowed. On horseback through the symbolic heart of Hungary 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Its rolling grasslands and hidden mountain ranges, however, are as breathtaking as any on the Tibetan Plateau, and its culture is as deeply entrenched. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z We drove deeper into the park through acacia groves and rolling grassland, spotting baboons, klipspringers, reedbucks and warthogs along the road. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Early the next morning I arrived at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, nearly 11,000 acres of grassland owned by the Nature Conservancy and managed by the National Park Service. Buffalo, the Pawnee and an Old Story on a Trip Across the Plains 2012-06-22T16:48:50Z But Virginia loses 8,000 to 10,000 acres of forest and grassland each year to wildfires, according to the Virginia Department of Forestry. Smokey Bear turns 70, still on mission to prevent wildfires Along with restoration of the grasslands, there’s also a plan to bring back six species now extinct in the region. Call of the wild: eco adventures in Argentina’s Iberá wetlands 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z It was the name given by traders crossing the oceanic Sahara centuries ago to the welcoming grasslands that marked the desert’s southern rim, terrain that now includes modern Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. Desert Empires: Wonders to Behold 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Purposefully, in some cases: A thousand years ago, the Sierra Miwok used fire to stimulate grasslands and cultivate acorn production. California will never stop burning 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z A small herd of about two dozen bison could be grazing on restored grassland south of Chicago as soon as this fall. Bison might soon call the Windy City area home 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The ride-through views encompass sand dunes, snow-capped mountains, grasslands, volcanic lakes and wide-open desert steppes. In Pictures: Amazing Motorcycle Trips 2010-12-02T20:35:00Z Wildlife would disappear most dramatically in the remaining forests and grasslands of Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. How changing your diet could save animals from extinction 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z The losses are across habitats and species, though hardest hit are birds that inhabit the grasslands from Texas north into the Canadian prairie. Perspective | Bird populations have crashed. Here’s what you can do to help. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Phase 1 of a 28-acre African grasslands exhibit is slated to open this summer. Gas is cheap. D.C. is hot. Here’s how far $100 worth of gas will take you this summer. 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s here in this David Attenborough follow-up to his 2006 series, which embeds with wildlife in assorted locales — islands, mountains, jungles, deserts, grasslands and even in cities. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ and ‘Planet Earth II’ 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z The landscape of this 18 million-acre ecosystem contains majestic high peaks, dense conifer forests, aspen glades, native grasslands and clean-flowing, sparkling rivers and streams. In words and pictures, the story of the wild Rockies is revealed 2014-04-30T04:00:00Z Having grown up in a small capital city located on the Great Plains of North America, I recognize something in Murnane’s descriptions of expansive grasslands, unobstructed sky. A Strange Australian Masterpiece About Our Relationship to the Land 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The unruly children soon become obsessed with an African grassland, complete with hungry lions that, the parents find, have suddenly become all too real. An Appraisal: Ray Bradbury, Who Made Science Fiction Respectable 2012-06-07T02:58:01Z A short drive from the prosperous districts north of Johannesburg, the tightly packed shacks of Alexandra stretch in every direction over rolling grassland. South Africa aims to live the dream of equality for all 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Walk up and down the main street and you’ll also see many advertisements for trekking — by foot or on horseback — across the grasslands surrounding Langmusi, often with the option to stay the night with nomads. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z They see bison as a special protein source unto itself that should be raised as part of a system that restores and preserves grassland. As Bison Becomes More Popular, Two Views Emerge on How to Treat Them 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z On the fourth night we camped in open grasslands, near a collection of three-foot-tall log structures that once sheltered Basque shepherds. Explorer: In Utah, a 100-Mile Trek With a 4-Year-Old Boy 2013-06-14T20:06:25Z That morning we hiked through high grasslands and sprawling vegetation and then slept at Mandara hut at 8,858 feet. My terrifying Kilimanjaro climb: How I expanded my limits, but almost lost my mind 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Just beyond that, on my right the Madison River Valley opened up into a broad expanse of pretty grassland and riffled, meandering river backed by rugged hillsides, all aglow in the evening sun. Reporting from Yellowstone, where the buffalo roam (wherever they darn well please) 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z This premiere revolves around the horse-riding Amazon warriors who roamed the Eurasian grasslands and protected their vast territory from the powers of Greece, China and Persia. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Arthur Miller: Writer’ and ‘Life Itself’ 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z An army of horsemen sweeps across endless grasslands, much as Genghis Khan's Mongols did; memories of a vanished empire conflate Rome with the legend of Atlantis. 'Game of Thrones is more brutally realistic than most historical novels' 2013-03-24T19:00:01Z Its mixture of mudflat, salt marsh, grassland and shingle is hunted over by marsh harriers and peregrines. Robert Macfarlane's Untrue Island: the voices of Orford Ness 2012-07-08T18:01:01Z In Canada, a pasture mix of yarrow, white clover and Rocky Mountain fescue experienced less intense and slower-moving fires than those that burned through nearby grasslands. Fire-smart farming: How the crops we plant could help reduce the risk of wildfires 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Once we crossed the border at Naco, it was open road: the sprawling West of childhood books, grassland, mesas, cactus and agave. Linda Ronstadt’s Borderland 2013-12-27T17:32:15Z It took decades for young spruce and prairie grasslands to crop up. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The bales formed part of a newly finished four-acre pilot area foreshadowing the full evolution of an adjoining 62 acres of rolling grassland and sylvan creeks next to Route 355. In Montgomery County, she is reinventing the public park 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Ulan Bator is the gateway to Mongolia and a good base for those wishing to explore the country’s grasslands, national parks and Gobi Desert. Practical Traveler: Beat the Crowds to Up-and-Coming Destinations 2011-02-02T04:00:00Z The view from the top floor frames a typical expanse in modern Tibetan cities: an old monastery complex, then Chinese apartment sprawl and finally grasslands in the distance that extend into oblivion. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Fly into Dickinson in western North Dakota to visit the park named after him, where rolling grasslands dotted with bison collapse into the spectacular red, white and gold badlands of tumbling mud coulees. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z I drive slowly, as is now my habit, windows down, on a two-lane road through open grassland. US road trip: slow drive to Sitting Bull country in North and South Dakota 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The grassland prairie is so punishingly flat, with roads going on forever, it makes sense that the people in town would build their own heights, mountains, overlooks. From Chicago to Mackinac Island, a Tour of Lake Michigan 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Studies have also shown that grasslands are a considerable carbon sink, storing carbon more reliably than forests. Envisioning indigenous food sovereignty as "a whole ecosystem" 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z When Beahrs read Twain’s book, he realized that the foods were regional, fresh from the grasslands, woods and waters that were native to the community. What to Read Before Your U.S. Road Trip 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z The resident bison herd, repopulated from 14 animals housed at the Bronx Zoo in 1913, numbers about 400 now and shares the grasslands with reintroduced elk and pronghorn antelope. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z I took walks alone through the surrounding páramo, the bushy, blond grassland carpeting the volcano’s flanks, past grazing alpacas, and lay for hours on my back. Amazon Awakening 2010-10-15T18:24:00Z In other words, they created the varied landscapes of meadows, heaths and grasslands that characterized our cultural landscapes before the advent of modern agriculture. Europe was not covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z One accusation was that the study endorsed inappropriate tree planting on grasslands and other nonforested ecosystems, destroying native biodiversity. How much can trees fight climate change? Massively, but not alone, study finds 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z For instance, much of the carbon benefit would come from planting trees in grasslands and other areas where they don’t belong, Veldman says, which threatens biodiversity in these ecosystems. Forests could suck up 226 gigatons of carbon if restored and protected, study argues 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z "We have to protect natural biodiversity in all ecosystems including grasslands, peatlands, and wetlands that are equally essential for life on Earth." Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential, as long as we cut emissions 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Located on nearly 4,000 acres of grassland, the Lake City operation, as its name suggests, has the trappings of a small city — a fire department, water treatment plants and miles of roads. Army Ammunition Plant Is Tied to Mass Shootings Across the U.S. 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The grasslands and savannahs show the highest prevalence among African habitats, whereas forested habitats were more prominent in Eurasia making the range of different habitats wider in Eurasia. New research exposes early humans' ecological versatility 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z In contrast, 64 percent of such houses were destroyed by grassland or shrubland fires. Wildfires Threaten More Homes and People in the U.S. Than Ever Before 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Forest fires may get more attention, but a new study reveals that grassland fires are more widespread and destructive across the United States. America’s New Wildfire Risk Goes Beyond Forests 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z And in a way it emulates some of the natural processes that took place for thousands of years on the prairies of the United States and other vast grasslands. Smart climate policy is good for people, not just the environment 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z “Milkweeds, at least the North American ones, are like so many other meadow and grassland species,” Lee-Mäder said in a recent conversation. Why milkweeds, once blossoming, attract lots of life 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Although the analysis shows that grasslands and savannahs were important components of early human habitats, it places humans into a wide spectrum of environments, and in many cases environments with varied vegetation composition. New research exposes early humans' ecological versatility 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z More than two thirds of U.S. buildings destroyed in wildfires were in the West, and 79.5 percent of buildings burned in them were in shrublands and grasslands, the researchers found. Wildfires Threaten More Homes and People in the U.S. Than Ever Before 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z But many residents are not as aware of wildfire risk in grasslands and shrublands. America’s New Wildfire Risk Goes Beyond Forests 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Washington state possesses spectacular geography, a cornucopia of alpine settings, rainforests, wild beaches and grasslands, and fortunately, reaching these marvels are easier than one might think. Anacortes coastal culture has surprises in store this fall | Provided by Experience Anacortes 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z There are also flower-rich meadows, wood pasture and a special upland habitat of scrub and grassland, known as ffridd in Welsh. Environment: Wales-England Marches plan to protect nature 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The origins of human genus have long been associated with savannah and grassland environments of Africa. New research exposes early humans' ecological versatility 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z In December 2021 the Marshall Fire in Colorado’s Boulder County destroyed more than 1,000 buildings and killed two people as it jumped from grasslands to suburban neighborhoods. Wildfires Threaten More Homes and People in the U.S. Than Ever Before 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The series opens with “Coasts” and later delves into oceans, deserts and grasslands, forests, extremes and freshwater. 'Planet Earth' returns for a third installment, focusing on humanity's effect on nature 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z In the sparsely populated deserts and grasslands of the northern Inner Mongolia region, temperatures could plummet on Friday and again from Saturday while blizzards could hit the Xinjiang region in the northwest. China set for sudden change from warm to freezing in year of extreme weather 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Temperatures in the small towns, deserts and grasslands of the northern Inner Mongolia region could fall as much as 10C on Friday and a further 10C from Saturday. China set for abrupt switch from warm to freezing weather in year of extremes 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z A number of factors may be preventing the trees from colonizing the grasslands, researchers say, including limited frost tolerance, an inability to disperse seeds, and human activities such as grazing livestock and burning vegetation. In Peru, a 20-year study charted Amazon forests—and revealed how warming has changed them 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The approach allowed researchers to assess 58 bird species in habitats such as farms, forests, grasslands and developed areas. Millions of Baby Birds Are Dying from Extreme Heat 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z For centuries, we have been making it harder for them to exist by cutting down forests, plowing grasslands, building roads, damming rivers, draining wetlands and polluting. The Scientists Watching Their Life’s Work Disappear 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Unlike some parts of the world, where eucalyptus plantations replace natural forests, in Uruguay they are grown on grasslands. Does the paper industry need to cut its water usage? 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The wide and open tropical and subtropical savannas and grasslands would have to be used as pastures and for food production. Land use: Producing more food and storing more carbon 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The U.S. is far emptier of wildlife sights and sounds than it was 50 years ago, primarily because habitat—forests, grasslands, rivers—has been relentlessly appropriated for human purposes. Can We Save Every Species from Extinction? 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The IPCC's inventory method includes nitrous oxide from crop residues such as annual cereal and seed crops, root crops, vegetables, fodder crops and grassland renewal. Researchers: There is a need for more accurate accounting of nitrous oxide from agricultural crop residues 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The idea behind the wetlands and grasslands acts is to conserve ecosystems so species can thrive, and both measures enhance resources such as freshwater that in some parts of the country are waning. Protecting Plants and Animals at Risk Must Start before They Need the Endangered Species Act 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Most experts in Uruguay - including UPM - agree that eucalyptus plantations do use more water than natural grasslands. Does the paper industry need to cut its water usage? 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z And tropical grasslands and savannahs are already carbon sinks. Carbon-capture tree plantations threaten tropical biodiversity for little gain, ecologists say 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The FWS itself resorted to the stick this year when it listed the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, a bird whose grassland home in the Southern Plains has long been encroached on by agriculture and the energy industry. Can We Save Every Species from Extinction? 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The study also found that viruses behaved similarly across the four grasslands even though they had different compositions and came from different places. Viruses dynamic and changing after dry soils are watered 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The latter could mean preserving natural spaces such as forests, oceans, grasslands and wetlands, which naturally pull carbon dioxide from the air. Pipelines Touted as Carbon Capture Solution Spark Uncertainty and Opposition 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z A state ecologist estimated the park can currently sustain about 1,000 bison based on how snow and rain conditions affected the grasslands this past year, according to Snyder. Rounded up! South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls rustle up hundreds of bison in nation’s only roundup 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z When intact, tropical grasslands and savannahs store large quantities of carbon below ground. Carbon-capture tree plantations threaten tropical biodiversity for little gain, ecologists say 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z In these grasslands, tarantulas are both prey for numerous species and top predators, crucial to keeping the insect populations at bay and the ecology in balance. Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Scientists took soil from four California grasslands, brought it back to their lab and simulated precipitation by watering the dry samples, which grew microorganisms and viruses. Viruses dynamic and changing after dry soils are watered 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Dogxim’s black fur, for example, contrasts with the typically paler shades of a Pampas fox’s coat, which are better camouflaged in the grasslands of its habitat. Meet ‘Dogxim,’ the world’s first known dog-fox hybrid—and a genetic oddity 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Visitors from across the world cheered from behind wire fencing as whooping horseback riders chased the thundering, wooly giants across hills and grasslands in Custer State Park. Rounded up! South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls rustle up hundreds of bison in nation’s only roundup 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Although some tree plantations involve reforestation of degraded land, in many cases they involve afforestation -- planting forests in undegraded and previously unforested regions such as grasslands. Carbon-capture tree plantations threaten tropical biodiversity for little gain, ecologists say 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The researchers looked at 2 ecosystems that had been affected by the fire: a semi-arid grassland and a coastal sage scrub. By air, rain and land: How microbes return after a wildfire 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The ancient pollen record shows coniferous forests and grasslands characterized the region, able to support foraging and hunting by humans. Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Now found only in the grasslands of north-central Mexico, the tortoise once had a much larger range that included the southwestern United States. Biologists look to expand suitable habitat for North America’s largest and rarest tortoise 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Eighty hires will begin next summer to “conserve national forests and grasslands, mitigate risks of wildfires in high-risk regions, and support reforestation efforts and wildfire crisis response,” AmeriCorps said. McConnell slams Biden Climate Corps as ‘taxpayer-funded pipeline’ to turn activists into bureaucrats 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Its mission will be to “deploy across America to conserve national forests and grasslands, mitigate risks of wildfires in high-risk regions, and support reforestation efforts and wildfire crisis response,” AmeriCorps said. Biden creates American Climate Corps to pay, train young people to fight climate change 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z After a year of monitoring temperatures in four distinct areas of Guildford, England, researchers found that nature-based locations -- woodlands, grasslands, and lakes -- were up to 3°C cooler on average than built-up areas. Scientists call for a tree planting drive to help tackle heatwaves 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z They would have to demonstrate there was an accepted standard for managing grasslands and that the landowners ignored it, he said. Maui fire lawsuit blames landowners for wild grass growth 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Their habitat also is shrinking as more desert grasslands are converted to farmland. Biologists look to expand suitable habitat for North America’s largest and rarest tortoise 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Cheetahs need open spaces with hiding spots, such as grasslands. India Works to Bring Cheetahs Back 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z But the fire spread easily through the grassland around the area. Fire Damages Famous Statues on Easter Island 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z But the wildfires in Hawaii burned through grasslands. Deadly Wildfires on Hawaii’s Maui Island 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z There's an ocean, mangrove wetlands, a tropical rainforest, a savanna grassland and a fog desert, all set apart from the rest of the planet they're mimicking. Why We’ll Never Live in Space 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The grassland fire on Aug. 8 raced down the base of a volcano sloping into the tourist resort town of Lahaina, destroying or damaging some 2,200 buildings. Death toll from Hawaii wildfires drops to 97 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z But some experts point out that Kuno has more forest than grassland. India Works to Bring Cheetahs Back 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z "Repairing our grasslands can have as big an effect for us helping global warming as repairing the Amazon does. And that's a really exciting proposal." A new documentary presents devastation from climate change from the perspective of animals 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Tschanz picked five spots with various soil types in wild grasslands around the Swiss Federal Research Institute Agroscope, where he and Keller work. Most bees live underground. X-ray images reveal how they build their nests 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The interconnection roadblock is personal for farm families who live amid the windswept fields and grasslands of eastern New Mexico. The hidden digital roadblock that’s keeping green electricity off the U.S. grid 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Mongolia is set to host the 2026 U.N. conference on desertification and has launched a campaign to plant 1 billion trees across its vast steppes and mountains of grasslands. Pope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country’s religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps because it's hemmed in by buildings and a river, no mammals were observed at the site, and it is too small for grassland birds. Biodiversity Flourishes in Historic Lawn Turned Wildflower Meadow 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Perlimaa Gavaadandov offers a tribute to the sky by splashing a cup of freshly boiled milk tea just outside her yurt on the edge of Mongolia's grasslands, following an age-old tradition. UK 'clear-eyed' about disagreements with China, Cleverly says 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Perlimaa Gavaadandov offers a tribute to the sky by splashing a cup of freshly boiled milk tea just outside her yurt on the edge of Mongolia's grasslands, following an age-old tradition. Gabon army officers say they have seized power after election in oil-rich country 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Perlimaa Gavaadandov offers a tribute to the sky by splashing a cup of freshly boiled milk tea just outside her yurt on the edge of Mongolia's grasslands, following an age-old tradition. Situation in Gabon, West Africa a big issue for Europe - EU's Borrell 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Perlimaa Gavaadandov offers a tribute to the sky by splashing a cup of freshly boiled milk tea just outside her yurt on the edge of Mongolia's grasslands, following an age-old tradition. Recent coups in West and Central Africa 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Perlimaa Gavaadandov offers a tribute to the sky by splashing a cup of freshly boiled milk tea just outside her yurt on the edge of Mongolia's grasslands, following an age-old tradition. U.S. Space Force looks to boost allied tracking of North Korea missiles 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Long-term trends show grassland and sagebrush fires in Washington are becoming much more common. Wildfire seasons in WA are burning differently 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Their discovery in remote grasslands of the Murchison Mountains on the South Island sparked conservation efforts that have raised the population to close to 500. New Zealand birds: Takahe facing extinction find new home in sanctuary 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z “For wildfires, we only think about trees or grasslands burning. But it burns everything in their path, including gas stations and houses, emitting some really toxic components.” Dementia risk grows with increased exposure to air pollution, study finds 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Species like pine martens, weasels and wild boar are less-often seen, but still live in Britain's woodlands, grasslands and wider countryside. Drivers asked to help count sightings of roadkill via new app 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The lesser prairie chicken, which has declined by more than 90%, is the only grassland bird federally listed as endangered, in part of its range. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z “But we can alter the fuel bed. We need to manage our grasslands, shrublands and forest lands in ways that will make them safer and more resilient when fire does come.” Wildfire seasons in WA are burning differently 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Once grasslands are gone, he says, “it becomes harder for them to … live in those areas where they evolved and where they have been historically.” North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Come late July, Yancey dispatched part of his herd to an old farm in Tenino that still harbors patches of camas, delicate blue flowers that once blanketed vast grasslands. 'Conservation grazing' uses cattle to preserve species and landscapes 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Non-native grasslands had proliferated after the closing of the sugar and pineapple fields, but many thinly walled wooden plantation homes still stood. Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z But more than half a dozen other grassland birds have lost 50% or more of their breeding population and could lose another 50% in the next half-century, according to a 2022 report. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Europeans suppressed fires and introduced cattle ranching, allowing more fuel to build up and creating larger and larger combustible grasslands. Raging wildfires may have doomed California’s ancient megamammals, tar pit fossils reveal 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The lesser prairie chicken is the only grassland bird federally listed as endangered, but only in part of its range. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The grassland fire on Aug. 8 raced down the base of a volcano sloping into the tourist resort town of Lahaina, killing at least 110 people and destroying or damaging some 2,200 buildings. Maui officials defend decision not to sound sirens during wildfire 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Millions of acres of crops have been replaced with grasslands that burn easily and fast. Trouble in paradise? AP data analysis shows fires, other disasters are increasing in Hawaii 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z It’s also ideal because many grassland birds are nomadic, roaming the Great Plains for the best nesting habitat — a trait that evolved when wildfires and bison created a shifting grassland mosaic. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z In some areas, forests are likely to give way to brush or grasslands. A giant Oregon fire shows the limits of carbon offsets in fighting climate change 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z So nonprofits and government agencies are working with farmers and offering incentives to improve soil, preserve grasslands and adopt bird-friendly practices, such as delaying mowing until after nesting season. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The inferno killed at least 101 people after racing from grasslands outside town into Lahaina. Prayers, terror and a race to escape as wildfire bore down on Hawaiian town 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z When dry grasses burn, they can carry fire to forested areas, which tend to become grasslands after the fire, in a self-perpetuating cycle. Wildfires Are Becoming Increasingly Devastating in Hawaii 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z So nonprofits and government agencies are offering farmers incentives to improve soil, enroll grasslands in conservation programs and adopt bird-friendly practices, such as mowing after nesting season. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The Forest Service is now drafting new federal rules to better manage forests and grasslands for climate resiliency. Will Forests Stop Absorbing More Carbon Than They Emit? 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Conservation groups are working to understand what farmers and ranchers need to be profitable while helping reverse grassland and bird decline. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Wildfires that have scorched the grasslands of the Hawaiian islands have become increasingly common but until this week had not flattened a town. Fears of Rising Death Toll in Maui, as Rescue Crews Scour Decimated Town 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Clay Trauernicht, a fire scientist at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, said in a tweet that the problem lies largely with widespread “unmanaged, nonnative grasslands” from decades of declining agriculture. Maui wildfire death toll rises to 36, with more than 270 structures damaged 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z What’s more, without cattle, they say, there would be no high-quality grasslands, which require grazing and hooves on the ground to stay healthy. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The Forest Service manages 193 million acres of public land — an area roughly the size of Texas — including forests, grasslands and wetlands. Will Forests Stop Absorbing More Carbon Than They Emit? 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The receivers, part of the Motus Wildlife Tracking System managed by Birds Canada, have been installed extensively throughout Eastern and Western North America., but there were few in central grasslands until recent years, Boyce says. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The fire that destroyed large parts of Lahaina on Tuesday and Wednesday was a grasslands wildfire that became a house-to-house urban inferno. Fears of Rising Death Toll in Maui, as Rescue Crews Scour Decimated Town 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Whipped by wind, the fires blew through nearby grasslands and roared through the historic tourist town. The devastated town of Lahaina is a trove of history 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Many land owners now are battling fast-spreading eastern red cedar and juniper trees that are contributing to the grassland ecosystem collapse, says Dirac Twidwell, a rangeland ecologist at the University of Nebraska. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z “These laws form our directives and policies on how we manage national forests and grasslands.” Will Forests Stop Absorbing More Carbon Than They Emit? 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z “It is extremely important to get adequate coverage,” including areas where grassland birds aren’t normally found, such as mountain passes where birdwatchers have reported sightings, he says. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z And while the grasslands east of the Cascades will see a drop in temperatures, they weren’t so fortunate as to see rainfall. WA officials warn of peak of wildfire season, expect more blazes 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z For a man accustomed to hunting deer on the grasslands of Savannah, Georgia, Brian Harman continued the altogether more straightforward pursuit of shooting fish in a barrel at the 151st Open at Royal Liverpool. Hunter becomes hunted... but can anyone stop Harman? 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z In response Prof Scarborough said that a number of studies, including this one, had concluded that the taking up of CO2 by grasslands only have a ''modest impact''. Eating less meat 'like taking 8m cars off road' 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z “Most savannah grasslands continue to be classified as wastelands and that needs to change,” Vanak said. As another cheetah dies in India, authorities try to get ambitious conservation project on track 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Almost all of North America’s remaining prairie is on rangelands — and 90% of all grasslands are in private hands — meaning landowner cooperation is critical to stopping bird declines, scientists say. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Visitors can explore miles of hiking trails through grasslands and redwood forests, as well as along the rugged coastline, where there’s almost always a cool ocean breeze. Need Some Coastal Escape? Got Gold Rush Fever? Explore These State Parks. 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Are all ecosystems equally beneficial, or do forests, grasslands and beaches affect health differently? Can Virtual Reality Mimic Nature’s Power to Make Us Healthier? 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Inside are miniature ecosystems—ocean, mangrove wetlands, tropical rainforest, savanna grassland and fog desert. I Survived a Weekend at Biosphere 2 Pretending to Be in Space 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The trail takes you through the grasslands and over rocks, offering up views of the Olympics and Vancouver Island. Seeking saltwater? Try 8 beach hikes around Puget Sound this summer 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Without cattle, they say, there would be no high-quality grasslands, which require grazing and hooves on the ground to stay healthy. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The bison brings conservation benefits to the complex grassland ecosystems where the animals once played a crucial ecological role. Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z If a bumblebee nests in a house, she said, that is due to a "lack of nesting resources in the natural environment" as they usually favour underground nests in grassland or even an old mousehole. Honey bees nested in our chimney for over a year 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z In 2023, spring was more warm and less rainy, which means Washington’s forests and grasslands are now as dry as a stack of prime kindling. Wildfire threat looms large | David Horsey 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In some circumstances, the grassland cows graze may be a net absorber of CO₂ from the atmosphere and unsuitable for other agricultural uses. Here’s how much water it takes to make a serving of beef — and why its origins are so important 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z That leaves less land for ranching and farming — and pushes out grassland birds, which can’t adapt to the wooded environment. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Interior Department says that bison are functionally extinct on grasslands and within the “human cultures with which they co-evolved.” Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The Federation of Swedish Farmers said the drought had already affected grassland crops and could have an impact on cereals. Drought and rising heat bring unusual wildfire warnings in northern Europe 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z For centuries, if not millennia, Europe was separated from Asia by endless deserts and sprawling grasslands. Peace for Ukraine courtesy of China? 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Time is running out to revive the South’s native grasslands. Summer Reading 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z North America’s grassland birds are deeply in trouble 50 years after adoption of the Endangered Species Act, with numbers plunging as habitat loss, land degradation and climate change threaten what remains of a once-vast ecosystem. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The inferno erupted following months of drought amid a winter nearly devoid of snow and fed on bone-dry grassland surrounding fast-growing development in the area near the Rocky Mountain foothills. Officials: Devastating 2021 Colorado blaze caused by smoldering fire outside home and power lines 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z And it’s walking distance to Soundview Park, where there are forest, grassland and salt-marsh habitats with resident hawks, tree swallows and egrets. Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z In Canada: Wildfire seasons typically burn large sections of forests and grasslands each year between May and September. Your Thursday Briefing: A Dangerous Haze Across North America 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z In summer, the nomads move goat herds from the plains of Punjab to the high grasslands in the Kashmir valley, and then onwards to the adjoining Gilgit Baltistan through the Shounter Pass. Avalanche kills 11 members of nomadic tribe in northern Pakistan 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Over half the grassland bird population has been lost since 1970 — more than any other type of bird. North American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Mongolia’s grasslands, mountains and deserts hold vast deposits of coal, copper and lesser-known minerals vital to the modern economy. Rare earths, Ukraine top agenda on French President Macron’s historic visit to Mongolia 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z As shown in Figure 4, typical grassland during the summer has a base of many plants and the numbers of organisms decrease at each trophic level. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few short years, the empire extended from the forested margins of the southwest through the grassland savanna country of the Malinke and the southern Soninke to the Sahel of former Ghana. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Otherwise-tropical areas can experience drying, causing rivers to disappear, lakes to turn into swamps, jungles into savannahs, and grasslands into deserts. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Some biomes, such as temperate grasslands and temperate forests, have distinct seasons with cold and hot weather alternating throughout the year. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z They are a common sight in Bijnor - a lush region which has a combination of grasslands, wetlands and dense forest, all of which offer natural habitat to the big cats, says Mr Ashraf. Bijnor: Leopard attacks spark fear in Uttar Pradesh district 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Part A: on the left is a pyramid diagram of the number of individuals per 0.1 hectare in a summer grassland. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z What remained was little more than the Mande-speaking heartland and surrounding grassland. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z However, beginning around 6000 BCE the grasslands and lakes began to give way to sand as the once green environment was transformed into the Sahara we recognize today. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Paramedics assessed dazed victims who didn’t appear to need hospitalization in the grassland surrounding the crash scene. 6 children seriously injured when school bus and truck collide in Australia 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The increases coincide with areas that farmers converted from grassland to cropland over that period. More Frequent Dust Storms Could Be in Our Future 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Examples include the introduction of Caulerpa taxifolia into the Mediterranean, the introduction of oat species into the California grasslands, and the introduction of privet, kudzu, and purple loosestrife to North America. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The lands of Anatolia were attractive to the nomadic Turkic peoples who lived in the semifertile Eurasian steppe, a band of grassland that runs from east to west between western China and Hungary. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the more northerly and drier Sahelian grasslands specialized in the grazing of camels, sheep, and goats. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The beach, dune, grassland, shrub thicket, maritime forest and salt marsh habitats found at Cape Hatteras undergo constant change, and the landscape is a draw for many visitors. Virginia Teenager Dies After He Is Buried in Sand From Dune Collapse 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z The yurt stood in the middle of a sweeping northern Chinese grassland, beneath a cloudless sky. The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of China’s Live Shopping Craze 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Temperate grasslands dominate the midwestern United States and parts of Asia, and are also found in South America. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There were at least 15 federally operated or funded boarding schools in Washington: up and down the Interstate 5 corridor, on the coast, dotted through the arid grasslands of the eastern parts of the state. Interior secretary visits Tulalip in wake of boarding school revelations 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z In the tropical savanna, on the other hand, rainfall diminishes considerably, and the dense stands of thickly layered trees that characterize the rainforest give way to forested pockets and lush grasslands. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z We’re using the ocean’s power to capture carbon, and we are restoring grasslands to support species important to the balance of entire ecosystems. Embrace Indigenous knowledge to save our Earth | Interior Secretary Deb Haaland 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z He invited fans, whom he called “old friends,” to visit, promising a personal grasslands tour. The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of China’s Live Shopping Craze 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Savannas and temperate grasslands are dominated by grasses. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With the climate warming and drying, though, the ecosystem developed into grasslands dotted with shrubs and trees. Dale Chihuly's Boathouse studio on Lake Union honors people and place 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z In the grasslands south of the Sahara, agriculture emerged independently. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Administration officials announced Thursday they will be soliciting comments for a proposed rule that would “adapt current policies to protect, conserve and manage national forests and grasslands for climate resilience.” US plans new forest protections, issues old-growth inventory 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z He still sometimes streams from his grassland yurt but also had a yurt backdrop built above his brick-and-mortar store. The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of China’s Live Shopping Craze 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Lark said prairies and grasslands are being converted to acres of corn that have to be tilled and have their soil disrupted on an annual basis. Midwestern leaders want to sell ethanol in summer despite smog risks 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z The Xiongnu, mounted warriors from what is today Mongolia, ruled from the edge of China to the grasslands of modern-day Kazakhstan and launched relentless attacks on their neighbors, prompting the wall’s construction. Politically savvy princesses wove together a vast ancient empire 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z This grassland corridor allowed the previously forest-dwelling Bantu to move southward, through what had once been impenetrable tropical rainforest. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Burrowing mammals, especially social burrowing mammals, have a really big impact on grassland communities.” Perspective | Squirrels 9,000 miles apart hint at the effects of climate change 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Some ecologists think the patches, found in arid grasslands in Australia and Namibia, result from plants competing for water and nutrients. News at a glance: Benin Bronze’s source, a supermassive black hole, and Aboriginal knowledge 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Bison “are inextricably intertwined with Indigenous culture, grassland ecology and American history,” she said. Mass Yellowstone Hunt Kills 1,150 Bison 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z It was a dead-end street, near the outskirts of town; modest ranch houses and manicured lawns, surrounded by scrubby grasslands, junk cars and railroad tracks. After cops nearly killed him, he’s being charged — again 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Rather, they continued to drift southward and eventually emerged into the southern savanna, where they found an environment not unlike the grasslands they had encountered north of the rainforest. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s, earlier than many written histories suggest. Horses came to American West by early 1600s, study finds 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Right at that time, a drying climate was transforming the Sahara from grasslands to desert. Slave trade records help reveal when first yellow fever mosquitoes bit humans 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z As the world increasingly turns toward natural climate solutions like reforestation and grassland restoration to sequester carbon, it may be overlooking a crucial ally: animals. Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Forests, wetlands, coastal areas, grasslands and rivers provide clean air, fresh water and access to green spaces for all of us. Opinion: California housing and the environment are often at odds. They don't have to be 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The kings of Mali were less interested in conquering the various small kingdoms and chiefdoms of the grasslands than in taking the Sahelian trading towns that linked the regional economy to the vast trans-Saharan trade. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Early hunter-gatherers chased down grassland animals. The things we eat like wheat, rice and corn are meadow grasses,” he says. All about meadowscaping: The low-maintenance ecolawn with ancient allure | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z American bison, also known as buffalo, have bounced back from near-extinction in the 1880s but remain absent from most of the grasslands they once occupied. US tribes get bison as they seek to restore bond with animal 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Bison, which once roamed North America by the millions, could help store huge amounts of CO₂ in grasslands, but cattle ranchers often resist restoration efforts because of the health threats they can pose for cattle. Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Wild Isles on BBC One will investigate how British and Irish woodland, grassland, freshwater and ocean habitats support local wildlife. The Shetland orca spotters who helped David Attenborough 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Although weakened, Mali retained control of the Mande heartland and the nearby southern grasslands. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Indigenous peoples maintained vast expanses of grasslands specifically for edible plants like Camas bulbs, Biscuitroot and Checker lily.” All about meadowscaping: The low-maintenance ecolawn with ancient allure | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z "The American bison is inextricably intertwined with Indigenous culture, grassland ecology, and American history," Haaland said in a statement. Biden administration pledges $25 million to bring bison back to tribal lands 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Natural solutions, like protecting and restoring forests, wetlands, and grassland ecosystems can help, but such measures, implemented at their current pace, will not do the job in time. Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z "The loss of grasslands, heathlands and other habitats would be really shocking for someone brought up in the 1950s," he suggests. Non-native plants outnumber British flora, major report finds 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The formerly large- game-hunting peoples settled there after around 8000 BCE as the game disappeared and the bison followed the retreating grassland north. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As a research scholar at the Indian Institute for Science Education and Research, I once monitored birds that inhabited tall wet grasslands in Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected area in Northeast India. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Bisons' near-extinction also degraded grassland ecosystems, contributing to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s — an environmental catastrophe in which severe dust storms swept across the southern plains and caused widespread crop failure. Biden administration pledges $25 million to bring bison back to tribal lands 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z For example, Carrizo Plain National Monument, one of the prime wildflower spots in California, was once a massive grassland populated by antelope and elk. Tourists could ruin California's once-in-a-decade "superbloom" 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z But they remain absent from most of the grasslands they once occupied, and many tribes have struggled to reforge their deep historical connections to the animals. US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z More traditional seminomadic peoples from the sparsely settled semiarid grasslands and mountains to the north of China’s borders, such as the Khitan Liao and the Xia, seized control of many former Tang domains. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z However, this bias hurts the preservation of other ecosystems, including the grasslands that make up 24 percent of the Indian landmass. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Their manure also serves as a natural fertilizer, fostering healthy grasslands that sequester carbon dioxide. Biden administration pledges $25 million to bring bison back to tribal lands 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z As for ecosystems, the report found 41% across the country at risk of extinction, with America’s expansive grasslands among the most threatened. Hundreds of WA plants, animals at risk of extinction 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z The animals are “inextricably intertwined with Indigenous culture, grassland ecology and American history,” Haaland said in a statement. US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Tatar was a Turkish language spoken by many inhabitants of the grasslands north of China. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The colonial government was particularly wary of pastoral or “wandering” communities and invoked the Criminal Tribes Act to penalize them for activities that included grazing of livestock—an important mechanism to maintain grassland habitats. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Areas that once had fertile soil, vegetation and grassland are being overtaken by desert. Opinion | Nigeria’s election offers the country a chance at a reset 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The second aviary focuses on the vast duck feeding and breeding grounds of the Prairie Pothole Region, with its grasslands and shallow ponds, called potholes. National Zoo debuts a serene new habitat for birds and humans 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Haaland said the bison’s slow recovery has been a conservation success, yet more work is needed to return the animals to tribal lands and restore the grasslands they depend on. US to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Mountains, deserts, grasslands, high plateaus, jungles, and a variety of climates exist, such as the frozen environs surrounding the city of Harbin in the north and the subtropical climate around Hong Kong in the south. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As forests are ecologically complex, so are grasslands. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z A longer neck would have permitted horizon scanning and earlier detection of predators in an open grassland setting. Here’s What Scientists Are Learning about Women’s Health from Other Female Animals 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Among ecosystems, America's expansive temperate and boreal grasslands are among the most imperiled, with over half of 78 grassland types at risk of a range-wide collapse. Exclusive: Huge chunk of plants, animals in U.S. at risk of extinction 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z This puts them at greater risk of dying and transforming into different kinds of ecosystems, like grasslands. One Third of the Amazon Has Been Degraded by Human Activities 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z These were areas with an abundance of water, access to fertile grasslands, and a variety of edible plants and animals for gathering and hunting, and Neolithic settlements proliferated. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They range from the dry and semiarid grasslands of Central and Western India, to wet grasslands on riverbanks of the Himalayas, to high-altitude grasslands in the Western Ghats and cold desert grasslands in North India. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z India hopes that importing African cheetahs will aid efforts to conserve the country’s threatened and largely neglected grasslands. India to get 12 cheetahs from South Africa next month 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The Sustainable Farming Incentive is being expanded to include payments for looking after hedgerows, grasslands and soils. Elms: England green farming subsidies detail unveiled 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The agency is granting endangered status to the grassland bird’s southern population segment while listing the northern segment as threatened. Agency delays protections for imperiled bat, prairie chicken 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Geographers consider the savanna a region of transitions, with three successive belts running east–west: the Sahel, the tropical grassland savanna, and the woodland savanna. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Yet, the historical framing of grasslands—and indeed other non-forested ecosystems—as “wastelands” continues to hamper preservation efforts. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z And we were living on the floor of these jungles or in scattered grassland and trees. Meet the philosopher who believes human civilization wouldn't exist without alcohol 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z With the Amazon weakened by deforestation and climate change, scientists warn that the forest is approaching a threshold beyond which it could degrade into grassland. Ecuador Tried to Curb Drilling and Protect the Amazon. The Opposite Happened. 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The estimates from the Rhodium Group do not include emissions from agriculture or from wildfires, which release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as they burn forests and grasslands. U.S. Carbon Emissions Grew in 2022, Even as Renewables Surpassed Coal 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The Sahel gradually gives way in the south to a grassland savanna carpeted by short grasses and studded by scattered trees. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Whereas colonial officers had economic motivations for converting grasslands, today governments worldwide are banking on forests and foresting to mitigate climate change. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Recent studies have demonstrated some of the important ecological effects that bison have on grasslands. Where the Bison Could Roam 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Some grassland birds also thrive in the early successional forests that grow after timber harvest. 30×30 is conservation’s flashy new goal. Now countries need to figure out what it actually means 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z He says traditional livelihoods such as crofting and farming could continue as they are, adding that they already play a key role in providing grassland habitat for vulnerable species such as curlew. The 'enigmatic' peatbog seeking worldwide recognition 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z As they search out grasslands, they have found themselves competing with both small farmers and commercialized agricultural enterprises for access to land and water. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In India, we find something similar: large areas of grasslands earmarked for large-scale afforestation activities. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Researchers and experts have since become more realistic, understanding that the original timetable to create such a vast grassland is just not feasible. Where the Bison Could Roam 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Before the inferno, the eastern grasslands were exempt. Wildfires in Colorado are growing more unpredictable. Officials have ignored the warnings 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Broadly speaking, the detectives are discovering that water wants the return of its slow phases—wetlands, floodplains, grasslands, forests and meadows—that human development has eradicated. How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z As nations industrialized, nomads’ access to the grasslands and water sources that their herds needed was jeopardized. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Yet, grasslands could be equally good—if not better—at storing carbon. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z In part because of the loss of bison and other megafauna, intact grassland biomes are now among the most endangered in the world, and the numbers of many species that depend on them have collapsed. Where the Bison Could Roam 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Wooden fences such as these touch homes and grasslands in communities up and down the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. Wildfires in Colorado are growing more unpredictable. Officials have ignored the warnings 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Every morning starting this fall, a herd of pickups rumbled past his home in the Huachuca Mountains near Arizona’s southern border, hauling shipping containers to a grassland populated mostly by songbirds and mule deer. One Governor’s Border Wall Is Another Governor’s Headache 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Droughts and more severe weather are jeopardizing grasslands and water sources for animals. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Apart from being costly and flawed, a carbon sequestration-based strategy also neglects the ecological and social value of grasslands by converting them to monoculture forests, which do not provide the same ecological benefits. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “If you mow it, it will grow back, it will regenerate. Bison have the same impact on grasslands. They mow the lawn and mow the lawn and create more and more productivity.” Where the Bison Could Roam 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The second-largest tar sands oil spill in the country — which left a black pockmark on Kansas grasslands a few weeks ago — will be harder to clean compared to past oil spills. Cleanup is underway for the US’s second-largest tar sands oil spill 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Scientists have warned that with forests and grasslands being lost at unprecedented rates and oceans under pressure from pollution, humans are pushing the Earth beyond safe limits. COP15: Summit on 'pact with nature' enters final stretch 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Over time, these open patches merged to form the Sangha River Interval, a 200-mile-wide grassland running north–south between modern-day southeastern Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, and northern Republic of Congo. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Yet despite their ecological importance and uniqueness, most grasslands are classified by the Indian government as “wastelands.” We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Scientists have warned that with forests and grasslands being lost at unprecedented rates and oceans under pressure from pollution and over-fishing, humans are pushing the Earth beyond safe limits. Biodiversity: Can we set aside a third of our planet for nature? 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The construction there stretches from oak forests in the Huachuca foothills southeast of Tucson and across the valley’s grasslands. Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term’s end 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Two years earlier, a spill coated a stretch of grassland in South Dakota with more than 407,000 gallons of Canadian crude oil. Oil Spill in Kansas Prompts Shutdown of Keystone Pipeline System 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Their migration comes to an end in early November, after months spent grazing in the savanna grasslands of the Masai Mara Reserve. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z While all types of ecosystems—forests, grasslands, oceans, wetlands and deserts—feel these effects, there is evidence of bias towards the research and conservation of forest biodiversity. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z How to better protect fragile ecosystems from a warming climate, including Kenya’s savannah grasslands, will form part of discussions at this week’s United Nations biodiversity conference — known as COP15 — in Montreal in Canada. Officials talk biodiversity as drought stunts Kenya wildlife 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z It will include the creation of a freshwater wetlands complex, restoration of tidal areas, flood plain and wetlands enhancements, creation of upland grasslands and pollinator habitat, and an environmental education center. BASF to restore polluted Superfund site in New Jersey 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Bringing them back represents an effort to reconnect with that heritage and, in doing so, restore endangered grasslands. The return of the American bison is an environmental boon — and a logistical mess 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z But perhaps the most likely outcome is far more drastic — the destroyed forest giving way to an expansive grassland. As the Amazon rainforest goes dry, a desperate wait for water These grasslands harbor immense biodiversity and support the livelihoods of millions of people, yet are defined in India by their value in being converted into forests for climate mitigation. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Those grasslands are also at risk of degrading if the drought continues. Officials talk biodiversity as drought stunts Kenya wildlife 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Conservationists, however, say that the health of the lesser prairie chickens is indicative of the overall health of the country’s grasslands, which are economically and culturally significant to the Great Plains. Lesser Prairie Chickens Gain Protection Under U.S. Endangered Species Act 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z For hundreds of thousands of years, bison thundered across the continent in the tens of millions, from the dry plains of northern Mexico to the snow-covered grasslands of south-central Canada. The return of the American bison is an environmental boon — and a logistical mess 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z “The lesser prairie-chicken’s decline is a sign our native grasslands and prairies are in peril,” said U.S. US gives protections to rare Midwest bird as prairie suffers 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z It is time for India, and other countries with grasslands, to hold the ecological and social value of these ecosystems above their economic value. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The agency said that more than 40% of trout streams in the U.S. flow through nearly 200 million acres of national forests and grasslands. U.S., conservation group Trout Unlimited eye stream restoration on forest lands 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The birds’ northern population — which are spread across the grasslands of central and western Kansas, central Oklahoma and the northeast panhandle of Texas — were designated as “threatened.” Lesser Prairie Chickens Gain Protection Under U.S. Endangered Species Act 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Livestock belonging to European immigrants overgrazed and eroded the grasslands where bison fed. The return of the American bison is an environmental boon — and a logistical mess 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z To curtail wildfire emissions, the plan calls for 1 million acres of forests, shrubland, grassland and other habitat to be treated with techniques such as prescribed burning by 2025. California unveils plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2045 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z To understand how grasslands became “wastelands,” we need to understand how British colonists valued the high-quality timber of India’s forests. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The researchers ranked 56 grasslands in and around Berlin by a range of factors that might make life easier or harder for the species living in them, such as the amount of pavement nearby. Pioneering urban ecology finds surprising biodiversity in Berlin’s green spaces 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z “The lesser prairie chicken’s decline is a sign our native grasslands and prairies are in peril,” Amy Lueders, the agency’s southwest regional director, said in a statement. Lesser Prairie Chickens Gain Protection Under U.S. Endangered Species Act 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Since their history is intertwined with the prairies, ecologists view their re-introduction as key to restoring the country's grasslands, an estimated half of which has already been lost to cattle, crops, and development. The return of the American bison is an environmental boon — and a logistical mess 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Following consecutive seasons of poor rains, rivers and water pans have dried up and grasslands have shrivelled up in the game reserves. Kenya's famous matriarch elephant dies 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z This also ushered in the displacement of Indigenous and pastoral communities that depended on grasslands for livelihood. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z A follow-up study published in 2019 found similar results for insects in nearly 300 forest and grassland sites. Pioneering urban ecology finds surprising biodiversity in Berlin’s green spaces 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change in March showed the Amazon could soon approach a “tipping point,” at which swaths of the rainforest convert irreversibly to drier, more open grasslands. Lula vowed to safeguard the Amazon. After Bolsonaro, it won’t be easy. 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z There, it burned approximately 20 acres, according to the Grant County sheriff’s office, in an area where the forest starts fading into grasslands. A Fire, an Arrest, and a New Challenge for the Federal Burn Program 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “Prescribed fire is a critical tool for reducing wildfire risk, protecting communities, and improving the health and resiliency of the nation’s forest and grasslands,” Moore said on the Forest Service website. Oregon ‘burn boss’ arrest inflames Western land use tensions 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The Sugarloaf debate hints at troubling signs for future development across the Washington area, as more exurban grasslands and forests fall in the crosshairs of developers that want to build residential and shopping areas. Everyone loves Sugarloaf Mountain. The fight for its future is still ugly. 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z To generate statistically meaningful results, they focused on an ecosystem found throughout sandy Berlin: dry grasslands. Pioneering urban ecology finds surprising biodiversity in Berlin’s green spaces 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z At least two grassland fires were first reported Sunday afternoon south of Lincoln and spread quickly as winds began to pick up and push the fires north, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office reported. Fires in Nebraska, Iowa spur evacuations, destroy homes 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z He trekked for three days through the woods, navigating by the sun and the moon, frequently lost, mucking through spring grassland, sleeping on moss and twigs in frozen marshes. Opinion | Escape from Russia: A young college student tells his tale 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z They may have come to Chagyrskaya to hunt bison that migrated each year to graze on the nearby grasslands. First Known Family of Neanderthals Found in Russian Cave 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z As global warming progresses, droughts are predicted to become more frequent and severe in prairies and grasslands across the southwestern United States. Climate change could quiet prairie birds’ chirping 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z She suspects the small urban grasslands the team studied lacked the moisture and structural complexity the flies need. Pioneering urban ecology finds surprising biodiversity in Berlin’s green spaces 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Its website states: "Visitors will walk a perilous path through grasslands and woodlands and come face-to-face with snarling, roaring and hissing dinosaurs amongst the trees, bushes and woods." Animatronic dinosaur catches fire at Ashton Court 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Continued favorable weather conditions are helping fire crews contain the grasslands blaze that was sparked Sunday afternoon and ballooned over a matter of hours in the tinder-dry region. Nebraska Sandhills wildfire more than half contained 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z One of the smallest and least densely populated countries on Earth, it is composed almost entirely of a single sweep of grasslands, which unfolds gently and is practically uninterrupted by cities or landmarks. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Inside the village, children chased each other through the grassland while women collected basins of water from their single, rusty hand pump. Battered by Floods and Trapped in Debt, Pakistani Farmers Struggle to Survive 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z When Hearst died and his estate fell into disarray, the zebras were let loose into the grasslands of the Central Coast. Five Bay Area Restaurants Where Sustainability Shapes the Menu 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z For example, a tiger's stripes camouflage it while hunting in a forest or grassland, making it easier to surprise and catch its prey. Why does nature create patterns? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Off the coast of Nova Scotia is the Sable Island National Park Reserve, a narrow strip of dunes and grasslands managed by Parks Canada. Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears Canada's east coast 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “The Serengeti in Africa — a grassland with large herbivores, like Uruguay — is that neutral? Probably not. But it’s a sustainable ecosystem.” What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z India hopes importing African cheetahs will aid efforts to conserve the country’s threatened and largely neglected grasslands. Cheetahs make a comeback in India after 70 years 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z "Cheetahs play an important role in grassland ecosystems," herding prey through grasslands and preventing overgrazing, said conservation biologist Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund leading the Namibian side of the project. Cheetahs return to India after 70-year absence 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z The Agriculture Department reports that the United States loses approximately 6,000 acres of open space — including “forests, grasslands, and other natural areas” — every day. Opinion | Many Boy Scout camps are up for sale. The government should buy them. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Kazakhstan, a sparsely populated country of 19.4 million people and sprawling grasslands, is a major oil and gas producer. China’s Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z He grew up in Montevideo but spent summers at his sister’s 2,400-acre ranch, riding horses and learning the grassland environments. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z “When the cheetah will run again … grasslands will be restored, biodiversity will increase and eco-tourism will get a boost,” said Modi. Cheetahs make a comeback in India after 70 years 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Moore said the agency won’t back away from intentional burns that he sees as a crucial tool in reducing the buildup of combustible material on forest floors and grasslands. US resumes prescribed fires at national forests after review 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Images taken earlier Wednesday morning also showed a fire burning and smoke rising from the grasslands just south of the airport at part of its military complex there. Satellite photos: Israel attack damages Syria airport runway 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The extreme heat dries out forests and grassland, and can lead to disastrous forest fires, particularly at times like now when California is afflicted with a long-running drought. California swelters through a Labor Day heat wave, stretching its electricity resources. 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z He explained that grasslands function a lot like forests: The grasses pull carbon from the air, converting it into plant matter through photosynthesis. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z He also detected the dickcissel, a grassland bird that I have never seen in our area. One small flap for birds, one giant leap for mankind 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z In areas of Africa with high fossil fuel emissions and frequent burning of forests or grassland, new research suggests hotter temperatures could make the problem worse as they can accelerate chemical reactions that create ozone. Analysis: Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa's food security 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z A photo later taken after 2 p.m. showed the fire had apparently stopped burning, though it had charged much of the grassland. Satellite photos: Israel attack damages Syria airport runway 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The southern front stretches across a vast landscape of farms, fields and grassland, and includes territory that Moscow’s forces seized in the initial phase of their invasion. Experts Arrive to Inspect Nuclear Plant, but Ukraine Warns of Pitfalls 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z “When grasslands are overgrazed,” he said, “the soil becomes degraded, and it doesn’t absorb and store as much carbon.” What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z About 8,000 years ago, during a damp era known as the African Humid Period, during which much of the Sahara was covered in lakes and grasslands, the region around Giza was underwater. A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building Egypt’s Pyramids 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z While California’s forests and grasslands absorb carbon dioxide during photosynthesis — helping to offset greenhouse gas emissions from human activity — burned forests reduce that storage capacity, or carbon stock. As forests go up in smoke, so will California's climate plan 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z If approved, existing forests and grasslands will be replaced by enormous concrete structures and paved parking lots. Opinion | Making a critical problem even worse 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z At some, such as plots of shortgrass prairie in Colorado, there was “catastrophic loss,” reported Kate Wilkins, a grassland ecologist now at the Denver Zoo who worked with Smith. Scientists exposed plants to a yearlong drought. The result is worrying for climate change 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z One reason the global cattle industry had become so damaging, Baethgen said, was that too many grasslands had been razed or degraded. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Curlews are attracted to airfields as they mimic the natural open grasslands they prefer, Natural England said. Final curlews released in Norfolk after airfield rescue 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Other provinces along the Yangtze river basin are also on high alert for grassland and forest fires. Signs of record drought along China’s longest river 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan and Guizhou are also on high alert for forest and grassland fires, China's Ministry of Emergency Management warned late on Tuesday. China's southwest battles forest fires as end of heatwave approaches 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Planting more diverse assemblages might enable such grasslands to “keep delivering ecosystem services even under severe drought,” she says. Scientists exposed plants to a yearlong drought. The result is worrying for climate change 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z From Baethgen’s perspective, every damaged field thus represented a huge opportunity: By restoring grasslands, he could not only pull more greenhouse gases into the ground, but also grow more beef. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Moving farther north, you would see that deserts are replaced by grasslands or prairies. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z It's hard to predict the long-term consequences of drought, but ecology experts think weeks of parched grasslands and rock-hard soil in much of southern England will be having a big impact on wildlife. UK drought: Why do the trees think it's autumn already? 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z A grassland section will host performances, kite flying, concerts and other events. It was once the nation’s largest trash heap. Now it'll be an inspirational L.A. County park 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Most are in shrub- and grasslands, where it’s easier to erect structures to block precipitation. Scientists exposed plants to a yearlong drought. The result is worrying for climate change 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z But Baethgen saw no reason select producers couldn’t aspire to better grassland management. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Eventually, grasslands are replaced by deciduous temperate forests. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z But tilling those deep-rooted grasslands released massive amounts of underground carbon into the atmosphere. Can farmers fight climate change? New U.S. law gives them billions to try 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The area is dominated by shrubs and grasslands that have been dried by persistent drought. Large wildfire burning amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The additional data could help climate modelers sharpen estimates of how much less carbon is absorbed by shrub- and grasslands in a drought, says Sarah Evans, an ecologist at Michigan State University’s W.K. Scientists exposed plants to a yearlong drought. The result is worrying for climate change 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z BLM cited this research, arguing that the reintroduction of bison to the proposed sites in Montana grasslands will not only increase plant and animal diversity, but improve water quality and overall habitat conditions. A bigger home on the range for Montana bison 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Because of relatively lower annual precipitation in temperate grasslands, there are few trees except for those found growing along rivers or streams. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z That means persuading farmers not to convert grasslands or other carbon-rich lands to row crops such as corn and soybeans. Can farmers fight climate change? New U.S. law gives them billions to try 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Millions of years ago in southwest Africa and Asia, a dramatic rise in wildfires went hand in hand with the emergence of vast grasslands, researchers say. Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Jentsch-Beierkuhnlein notes that during the current European drought, intensively managed grasslands with relatively few species, such as hayfields, have been hard hit. Scientists exposed plants to a yearlong drought. The result is worrying for climate change 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z But in Western Europe, over thousands of years, the corncrake also adapted to the similar conditions that were created by traditional, low-intensity farming in grassland meadows and field margins. Irish Farmers Help Save a Bird Whose Calls Used to Herald Summer 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Fires, mainly caused by lightning, are a natural disturbance in temperate grasslands. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z London Fire Brigade had already warned people against using barbecues in open spaces, grassland or balconies, particularly after the recent heatwave. M&S stops selling disposable barbecues across UK 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z In a short time, land that was once shrubland, savanna, or dry forest is locked into being a grassland. Flammable invasive grasses are increasing risk of devastating wildfires 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Brown hares are most commonly found on arable land and open grassland. Tougher measures to tackle hare coursing in force 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z |
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