There are two main kinds of grasslands: tropical and temperate. Examples of temperate grasslands include Eurasian steppes, North American prairies, and Argentine pampas. Tropical grasslands ...

Biomes are defined by their unique vegetation and animal life, and the savanna is a type of grassland biome. There are two kinds of savannas: tropical and semi-tropical savannas. Tropical savannas ...

On viewing the lush plant growth of a tropical rain forest,most people would conclude that the soil beneath it is rich in nutrients.However,although rain forest soils are highly variable,they have in ...

Savannas and grasslands have been converted at such high rates in recent decades, the researchers found, that they often exceed rates of tropical forest loss. The Brazilian Cerrado, for instance ...

Sorry, tropical rain forests. Grasslands have the most plant species—at least when the area studied is smaller than a few parking spaces. In a recent study ...

Grasslands go by many different names and are made up of two main types: tropical — also known as savannas — and temperate. The two types appear similar, but have different kinds of soil and ...

(Artist credit: Corbin Rainbolt) An international team of scientists has documented the earliest evidence for local abundance in eastern Africa of the types of grasses that now dominate grassland and ...

Producing biofuels from oil palm plantations established on degraded grasslands rather than tropical rainforests and peat lands would result in a net removal of carbon from the atmosphere rather ...

Termite mounds are nutrient hotspots in tropical grasslands and savannas, stabilizing ecosystems. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...