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Study sheds light on role of grasses in climate change control
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The rising impact of global warming has led initiatives to counteract dangerous trends, often by planting trees to trap and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Madagascar hippos were forest dwellers: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than the open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa.
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Study details impact of prairie dog plague die-off on other species
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This study, conducted from 2015-19 in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, maybe the first to specifically examine the multispecies impacts of a wide-scale plague outbreak, which reduced the area covered by prairie dog colonies from nearly 25,000 acres to only about 125 acres in the study a
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Study reveals reduction in impact of prairie dog plague on other organisms
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a study published in the journal Ecological Applications,' when a sylvatic plague outbreak decimated black-tailed prairie dog populations in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in 2017, researchers saw an opportunity for a "natural experiment" to investigate the impact of the r
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Grasslands can be managed to benefit biodiversity and soil health: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Grazed grassland makes up a large proportion of the British countryside and is vital to farming and rural communities. This land can be perceived as only being about food production, but this study gives more evidence that it could be key to increasing biodiversity and soil health.
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Project Cheetah will help in restoration of grassland ecosystems, enhance
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said bringing cheetahs back to India will help in the restoration of open forest and grassland ecosystems and also lead to enhanced livelihood opportunities for the local community.
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China to relocate 17,000 Tibetan people, claims to improve living conditio
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], June 27 (ANI): Around 17,555 Tibetan people will be relocated away from high-altitude places in Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region under a relocation plan that aims to improve the living conditions of the people and protect the region's fragile ecosystem.
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Extinction of grazers led to global grassland fires: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], November 27 (ANI): From the past 50,000 to the past 6000 years, some of the world's largest animals like giant bison, woolly mammoth and ancient horses got extinct. According to a recent study, these were the grazing species and losing them has led to the global increase in
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Uncovering how grasslands changed our climate: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): A new study uncovered how grasslands used by humans have changed our climate over the last centuries.
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Alarming decline in insect populations, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 1 (ANI): Various studies have earlier demonstrated that there are fewer creatures chirping, buzzing, creeping and fluttering in German meadows. And now a recent study reveals many insect species have decreased by one third, affecting the grasslands.
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World is facing extensive insect decline: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 31 (ANI): A recent study reveals that in the past decade many insect species have decreased by one third, affecting the grasslands.
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Plant species important for promoting biodiversity in grasslands: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Temperate grasslands are the most endangered but least protected ecosystems on the Earth. Researchers found that milkweeds and other plants that have seeds carried by the wind are an important source for enriching the diversity of plants in these valuable
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