Coupled field observations and phytoclimatic modeling show that the distribution of African forest and savanna ecosystems are highly predictable by climate, researchers report in a new study. The ...

A recent study from Brazil shows that heat stress is disrupting a critical component of photosynthesis in tree species found in the Amazon and Cerrado belt. Leaves heat up faster than the ambient air, ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications indicates that the Amazon rainforest could shift from a closed canopy rainforest to an open savanna due to the climate crisis. The study ...

Savannas and grasslands cover a vast area, some 20 percent of the earth’s land surface — from sub-Saharan Africa, to the Cerrado in Brazil, to North America’s heartland. They also offer an enormous ...

At a glance, a savanna doesn't appear to be the most diverse of ecosystems. Sure, there are exotic animals like zebras and lions running around, but how varied can one sprawling, grassy plain in ...

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 ...

Folia Geobotanica, Vol. 52, No. 2, Special Issue: Coppicing systems as a way of understanding patterns in forest vegetation (2017), pp. 129-142 (14 pages) Herbaceous plants account for more than three ...

A new DAAD-supported Global Climate and Environment Center has begun its work this year at the Universities of Nairobi, Kenya and Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Côte d’Ivoire, in partnership ...

One proposed strategy in the fight against climate change is to increase tree cover in the world's savannas, either through the planting of new trees or fire suppression, to increase the uptake of ...

Savannas cover about 40% of the area of the tropics, yet little is known about the effects of drought on their ecosystems. A new Yale-led study published in the journal Ecology shows that a severe ...

New research into centuries-old Marathi poetry is overturning a powerful myth about India’s landscapes, revealing that the ...