As grasslands get abandoned, controlled burning is discussed as a labor-saving method of keeping forests at bay. A Kobe ...

Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a paper in the journal Nature led by ...

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The findings were published in the journal Science. Grasslands cover almost 40 per cent of the Earth's surface and are key to the global water cycle. Nevertheless, the impact of climate change on ...

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Severe droughts are becoming hotter, longer, and increasingly devastating to ecosystems as climate change accelerates, according to a new study, which reports that temperate grasslands ...

Measuring the health of vegetation using satellite data, the researchers found that droughts with the most impactful effects occurred in temperate grasslands — with hot spots in Mongolia ...

This discrepancy is likely due to how forests in various climate regions respond to drought episodes. “While temperate grasslands have been most affected in the past forty years, boreal and ...

More than a week later, the fires continue to burn. Now, scientists are saying those drought conditions will continue to grow in the West and will likely get worse in the coming years thanks to ...

such as selecting species adapted to future climate conditions (Harger, 1993). In many temperate forest ecosystems, a shift from conifer-dominated to broadleaf-dominated ecosystems is anticipated ...

including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, croplands, temperate forests and boreal forests. Called DIST-ALERT, the new product can be visualized on the Global Forest Watch platform of the World ...

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 ...