Grassland News

Posted January 29, 2012:

• Grasslands Soils Offer Some Insurance Against Climate Change

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Overgrazed Grasslands Tied to Locust Outbreaks

Posted December 18, 2011:

• Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Shifts, NASA Says

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Farming Crucial for Threatened Species in Developing World

Posted November 18, 2011:

• Great Plains River Basins Threatened by Pumping of Aquifers

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Savannas and Forests in a Battle of the Biomes

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Visual Tour of Earth's Fires

Posted October 18, 2011:

• From Tropics to Poles: Study Reveals Diversity of Life in Soils

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Climatic Tipping Points for Tropical Forest and Savanna: Satellite Data Reveal Where They Are Most Vulnerable

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Research and Innovation: New Modelling Results Link Natural Resources and Armed Conflicts

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Grazing Zebras Versus Cattle: Not So Black and White

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Energy Crops: Achieving a Balance

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Farming Commercial Miscanthus

Posted August 10, 2011:

• Most Plant Species Important in Various and Varying Ecosystems

Posted August 3, 2011:

• Rising Carbon Dioxide Could Reverse Drying Effects of Higher Temperatures on Rangelands
• Six Million Years of Savanna: Grasslands, Wooded Grasslands Accompanied Human Evolution

Posted July 29, 2011:

• Warming Climate Could Give Exotic Grasses Edge Over Natives

Posted July 21, 2011:

• Grazing Management Effects on Stream Pollutants

Posted July 11, 2011:

• Plants in Cities Are an Underestimated Carbon Store

Posted July 5, 2011:

• Cool-Season Grasses More Profitable Than Warm-Season Grasses; Swine Effluent Provides Fertilizer Boost Equal to Urea
• New UK Land Cover Map Shows Habitat Distributions in Countryside

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Lyme Disease Tick Adapts to Life on the (Fragmented) Prairie

Posted June 15, 2011:

• Multi-Paddock Grazing Is Superior to Continuous Grazing

Posted June 6, 2011:

• Methane Gas from Cows: The Proof Is in the Feces

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Climate Change Allows Invasive Weed to Outcompete Local Species

Posted May 4, 2011:

• Improving Post-Fire Forest Management to Promote Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Ecosystems

Posted May 3, 2011:

• Genome Duplication Encourages Rapid Adaptation of Plants
• Rotational Grazing in Native Pasturelands Benefits Wildlife

Posted March 29, 2011:

• Calculating Livestock Numbers by Weather and Climate

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Managing Grazing Lands With Fire Improves Profitability, Agricultural Experts Say

Posted March 15, 2011:

• Natural Sequence Farming Could Affect Global Climate Change

Posted March 7, 2011:

• Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom
• Faster Method to Study Plant Ecology

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Grazing of Cattle Pastures Can Improve Soil Quality

Posted March 2, 2011:

• Sustaining the Biodiversity of the Western Great Plains, U.S.

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Clues About Grasshopper Population Explosions

Posted January 28, 2011:

• Draft 'Genetic Road Map' of Biofuels Crop

Posted January 20, 2011:

• Identifying Factors in Atrazine's Reduced Weed Control

Posted January 10, 2011:

• Study Estimates Land Available for Biofuel Crops

Posted January 6, 2011:

• Biofuel Grasslands Better for Birds Than Ethanol Staple Corn, Researchers Find

Posted November 15, 2010:

• Growing Grass for a Green Biorefinery – An Option for Ireland?
• New Research Changes Understanding of C4 Plant Evolution

Posted November 11, 2010:

• Invading Weed Threatens Devastation to Western Rangelands

Posted November 1, 2010:

• Rabbit's Food Brings Luck in Decreasing Estrogen Levels in Wastewater

Posted October 18, 2010:

• Farming Practices Can Ease Impact of Climate Change on Wetlands

Posted October 4, 2010:

• Bioenergy Choices Could Dramatically Change Midwest, US, Bird Diversity

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Termites Foretell Climate Change in Africa's Savannas

Posted September 6, 2010:

• Is Organic Farming Good for Wildlife? It Depends on the Alternative

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