Grassland News

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Kalahari Desert Sands An Important, Forgotten Storehouse of Carbon Dioxide

Posted March 27, 2008:

• Small Desert Beetle Found To Engineer Ecosystems
• Can You Rescue A Rainforest? The Answer May Be Yes

Posted March 26, 2008:

• Antibiotic Resistance in Wild American Bison Compared With That of Farm Cattle

Posted March 19, 2008:

• Rabbit Fish To The Rescue Of The Reef

Posted February 14, 2008:

• New Paradigm On Ecosystem Ecology Proposed

Posted February 7, 2008:

• Fossil Fuels And Nitrogen Fertilizers May Be Slowly Reducing The Number Of Plant Species Globally, Study Says

Posted February 6, 2008:

• Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Trigger Huge Plankton Blooms In Eastern Atlantic

Posted January 31, 2008:

• Conservation Strategies Must Shift With Global Environmental Change, Ecologists Urge

Posted January 26, 2008:

• Developing Better Forage For Feeding Hungry Cattle Year Round

Posted December 10, 2007:

• Greenhouse Gas From English Streams Adding To Global Warming, Expert Says

Posted December 3, 2007:

• Fossils Excavated From Bahamian Blue Hole May Give Clues Of Early Life

Posted November 30, 2007:

• Expected Drop In Nitrogen Deposition May Hamper Kyoto Targets

Posted November 26, 2007:

• Summer-Dormant Tall Fescue Grass Shows Promise For Pasture Improvements

Posted November 7, 2007:

• New 'Raider Amethyst' Prairie Verbena: Conserves Water, Drought-Tolerant

Posted October 28, 2007:

• Burrowing Mammals Dig For A Living, But How Do They Do That?

Posted October 12, 2007:

• Nitrogen: The Silent Species Eliminator
• Pasturing Cows Convert Soil To Source Of Methane, Potent Greenhouse Gas

Posted October 10, 2007:

• Increase In Ethanol Production From Corn Could Significantly Harm Water Quality

Posted October 8, 2007:

• Plant Viruses From Past Provide Ecological Clues

Posted October 6, 2007:

• Switchgrass: Bridging Bioenergy And Conservation

Posted October 2, 2007:

• Galapagos Hawk's Evolutionary History Illuminated

Posted September 3, 2007:

• Protecting Beaches From Agricultural Pollution

Posted August 23, 2007:

• Discovering Distant Galaxies: HAWK-I Takes Off

Posted August 16, 2007:

• Last Hope For Cambodia's Parachuting Bird

Posted August 4, 2007:

• First Giant Anteater Born At The National Zoo

Posted July 31, 2007:

• Climate Change Threatens Siberian Forests

Posted July 23, 2007:

• Bumblebees Make Bee Line For Gardens, National Bumblebee Nest Survey Finds

Posted July 22, 2007:

• Great Bustards Breed In UK For First Time In 175 Years

Posted July 20, 2007:

• Melting Glaciers On The Tibetan Plateau

Posted June 27, 2007:

• Prairie Cordgrass For Cellulosic Ethanol Production
• Wildlife Habitat Protected In First Test Of Ecological Investment Markets

Posted June 21, 2007:

• Parsnip That Can Cause Burns

Posted May 31, 2007:

• Global Warming May Lower Grassland Quality

Posted April 12, 2007:

• Chimps Have Been Found Using Caves For Shelter

Posted April 9, 2007:

• One Of The World's Rarest Rabbits Spotted In Sumatra

Posted March 26, 2007:

• Too Much Of A Good Thing? Excess Nutrients Or Water Limit Biodiversity

Posted March 12, 2007:

• Disease Opened Door To Invading Species In California

Posted January 28, 2007:

• Researcher Creates First Temperature Record For The Great Plains

Posted January 16, 2007:

• Alpine Bird Numbers On The Slide Due To High-Altitude Ski Runs

Posted December 18, 2006:

• A Green Way To Slag Off Bunnies

Posted December 7, 2006:

• Fuels Made From Prairie Biomass Reduce Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Posted November 27, 2006:

• Perennial Wheat Offers Environmental And Other Benefits

Posted November 9, 2006:

• Varied Diet Of Early Hominid Casts Doubt On Extinction Theory

Posted November 6, 2006:

• Cambodia Moves To Protect Endangered Bird

Posted November 2, 2006:

• Snow Data Helps Maintain Nation's Largest, Oldest Bison Herd

Posted September 25, 2006:

• No Laughing Matter: Reducing Levels Of Nitrous Oxide From Soil To Lessen Impact Of Global Warming

Posted September 4, 2006:

• Global Changes Alter The Timing Of Plant Growth, Scientists Say

Posted August 15, 2006:

• Bison Hunters More Advanced Than Thought: Archaeologist

Posted August 7, 2006:

• Ancient Bison Teeth Provide Window On Past Great Plains Climate, Vegetation

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