Research co-led by the University of Maryland reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO 2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands ... the hydrologic cycle will respond ...

The study provides the first experimental demonstration of the potential impacts of climate change on water movement through grassland ecosystems ... in Earth’s water cycle.

Ukraine’s successful use of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to bottle up Russia’s Black Sea fleet combined with exercises and experimentation with these technologies by the U.S. Navy shows that USVs ...

Introduction: Alpine grasslands ... nitrogen, available phosphorus, and available potassium, supporting the hypothesis that moderate grazing disturbances can improve soil nutrient cycling. In contrast ...

A new global data set makes it possible to track near-real-time changes in several types of vegetation across different ecosystems, including grasslands, savannas, shrublands, croplands ...

Introduction: Belowground bud banks (or bud-bearing organs) underlie grassland regeneration and community succession following ecosystem perturbations. Disturbances of nitrogen (N) enrichment, ...

In addition to offering chances for environmental and technical breakthroughs, understanding EET mechanisms and the functions of certain microbes offers important insights into how ecosystems function ...