1. Treeless grasslands with climates that can support tree growth are common in upland regions around the world. In South Africa, the upland grasslands are adjacent to lowland savannas in many areas, ...

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 ...

The cerrado savanna in Formosa do Rio Preto, western Bahia state, Brazil, 2019. Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all ...

Savannas and grasslands cover a vast area, some 20 percent of the earth’s land surface — from sub-Saharan Africa, to the Cerrado in Brazil, to North America’s heartland. They also offer an enormous ...

Giraffes roam in a wooded grassland savanna in Kenya's Nakuru National Park. The savanna grades into the woodland in the background. University of Utah researchers developed a new way to use fossil ...

Question: Resistance of the native community has been identified as an important factor limiting invasion success and invader impact. However, to what extent resistance interacts with disturbance to ...

Tree planting to restore forests, capture carbon and improve the land has gained strong momentum in recent years. The Bonn Challenge and its offshoots such as AFR100, initiatives focused on forest ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Momentum is building for action to tackle the climate crisis – but we must ensure action is ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Oak savannas — open grassland studded by tall, spreading oak trees — once covered ...

Roughly 40 percent of Earth’s land surface is covered by grasslands. Grasslands store about one-third of Earth’s terrestrial carbon and act as important carbon sinks. More than one million people take ...

Spring cleanup is underway at the Middlefork Savanna in Lake Forest, where prescribed burns have returned. Saturday’s burn included smoke on the horizon over the nearly 700 acres. Nearby wetlands ...