Grassland ecosystems, like that of the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, are seeing their biodiversity shift rapidly with changing climate. Although all ecosystems are affected by a ...

While ecosystems like forests are seeing slow shifts in biodiversity due to climate change, the biological makeup of grasslands are changing rapidly, according to a recent study published by the ...

What pace do ecosystems respond to climate change? This is what a recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the time it takes for ...

India must bring grasslands into climate strategy—but carbon finance can work only with secure pastoral rights, credible ...

John Steinbeck once described the corridor between Monterey and Salinas as the “pastures of heaven” for the grasslands flowering with blazing orange California poppies and other local species. But his ...

Research co-led by the University of Maryland reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO 2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands use and move water. "If we want to predict ...

A sweeping meta-analysis of Chinese grasslands has determined that livestock grazing is a double-edged sword for carbon storage. The research, led by scientists including Lei Deng and Zhouping ...

Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions. They also ...

The often-overlooked vital role of prairie grasslands on climate effects will be explored at a webinar coming up next week.

You might think watching grass grow is boring, but grasslands have a lot to tell us about climate change. While it might take years for forests to respond to climate change, California’s grasslands ...