Ecosystem responses to global change are often nonlinear. Ecological thresholds are tipping points beyond which small changes in environmental conditions can have disproportionate effects on ...

Grasslands account for roughly 40% of terrestrial ecosystems and are paramount to global food security. Wild grasslands provide food for livestock and habitat for pollinators and act as a carbon sink ...

A two-year North Dakota ranch study found that carefully managed cattle grazing improved grassland carbon retention, plant ...

New public-private effort will give ranchers the tools and resources needed to maintain working lands and keep grasslands ...

Too often, one ecosystem is overlooked in value and complexity in the workings of our planet. The images of a leveled forest or polluted waterway resonate much more strongly than the increasing ...

Climate change and other human-driven (anthropogenic) environmental changes will continue to cause biodiversity loss in the coming decades (Sala et al. 2000), in addition to the high rates of species ...

The $9 million grant from Walmart Foundation will establish the fund, which will also be supported by $9 million in aligned investment from McDonald’s USA and several of its key suppliers through ...

The Smithsonian’s Great Plains Science Program (GPSP) was founded in 2018 to understand and address the complex challenges facing the planet’s threatened grassland ecosystems. Through sound science, ...

At Rajasthan’s Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Umesh Bagotia is helping restore native grasslands through habitat management, ...

Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration If you spend any time at all on the prairie, someone is going to hurl that quote ...

Grassland ecosystems are shaped by a complex interplay of climatic variables, soil characteristics, disturbance regimes and land-use practices. Natural processes such as fire and grazing create a ...

New research co-led by the University of Maryland reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands use and move water. The study provides the ...