CU Boulder Ecology and Evolutionary Biology scientist Katharine Suding is leading ongoing research in partnership with City of Boulder Open Space At first glance, grasslands may not display an obvious ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grasslands go by many different names and are made up of two main types: tropical — also known as savannas — and temperate. The two types appear similar, but have different kinds of soil and are ...

Homes built in areas with grasslands and shrublands face a greater risk of fire as development expands and the effects of climate change intensify. However, a new report published Thursday finds that ...

Learn how planting native grassland plants mimics historical landscapes and stores carbon. Grasslands are a surprising part of the North Carolina Piedmont’s ecological history. Learn how planting ...

A new study conducted at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) shows that grassland-based grazing systems—currently covering a third of Earth's surface and representing the world's ...

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 ...

Savannas and grasslands in drier climates around the world store more heat-trapping carbon than scientists thought they did and are helping to slow the rate of climate warming, according to a new ...