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Faster Method to Study Plant Ecology
March 7, 2011 — Cleaning up pollution, protecting soil from erosion and maintaining species-rich ecosystems are some goals of a computational ecology project. The work sheds light on a new method to speed up ... > full story -
Grazing of Cattle Pastures Can Improve Soil Quality
March 3, 2011 — Scientists have given growers in the Piedmont guidance on how to restore degraded soils and make the land productive. Researchers found that if cattle are managed so that they graze moderately, soil ... > full story -
Sustaining the Biodiversity of the Western Great Plains, U.S.
March 2, 2011 — Fire, cattle and even prairie dogs all could play a role in sustaining the biodiversity of the western Great Plains, according to new ... > full story -
Clues About Grasshopper Population Explosions
February 25, 2011 — Biologists are examining what can limit grasshopper populations and the role played by grasshoppers in prairie ... > full story -
Draft 'Genetic Road Map' of Biofuels Crop
January 28, 2011 — The first rough draft of a "genetic road map" of a biomass crop, prairie cordgrass, is giving scientists an inside look at the genes of one of the crops that may help produce the next generation of ... > full story -
Identifying Factors in Atrazine's Reduced Weed Control
January 20, 2011 — Invasive broadleaf weeds can destroy corn crops and fallow fields. Farmers use the chemical atrazine in herbicides to protect their plants. Despite atrazine's controversial environmental impacts, it ... > full story -
Study Estimates Land Available for Biofuel Crops
January 10, 2011 — Using detailed land analysis, researchers have found that biofuel crops cultivated on available land could produce up to half of the world's current fuel consumption -- without affecting food crops ... > full story -
Biofuel Grasslands Better for Birds Than Ethanol Staple Corn, Researchers Find
January 6, 2011 — Developing biofuel from native perennials instead of corn in the Midwest's rolling grasslands would better protect threatened bird populations, research suggests. Federal mandates and market forces ... > full story -
Africa Has Two Elephant Species, Genetic Analysis Confirms
December 21, 2010 — By comparing the DNA of modern elephants from Africa and Asia to DNA extracted from two extinct species, the woolly mammoth and the mastodon, researchers have concluded that Africa has two -- not one ... > full story -
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Growing Grass for a Green Biorefinery – An Option for Ireland?
November 15, 2010 — Researchers have been looking into the possible use of grassland biomass for the production of energy and chemicals, or green biorefinery, in ... > full story
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