Expanding tree canopy is one way to capture carbon and moderate temperatures on Earth, but a 2024 study says there could be unintended consequences to planting in the wrong locations. And, because the ...

Much of Earth's grassland has been lost to agricultural development, threatening wildlife. But solutions are emerging.

On World Soil Day 2025, Banni teaches us a profound lesson: our strongest climate solutions lie beneath our feet. The deep roots of native grasses have been storing carbon for millennia, long before ...

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 ...

Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Dry grasslands may have been providing an unseen helping hand to slow the rate of climate warning, according to a new study which found that these grasslands have been ...

The Brazilian Congress is analyzing a bill that would leave all the country’s non-forestry vegetation unprotected, affecting an area twice the size of the United Kingdom. Behind the proposal are the ...

Researchers analyzed 846 regional ecosystem types in 14 biomes in respect to the “Nature Needs Half” scientific concept that states proper functioning of an ecosystem requires at least half of it to ...

Aim: Grasslands and savannas, which make up > 75% of Madagascar's land area, have long been viewed as anthropogenically derived after people settled on the island c. 2 ka. We investigated this ...