1. Treeless grasslands with climates that can support tree growth are common in upland regions around the world. In South Africa, the upland grasslands are adjacent to lowland savannas in many areas, ...

Today, the Songhor fossil site in western Kenya is covered by a mixture of grass and trees adjacent to a modern river. Evidence from this site indicates that it was likely a relatively closed tropical ...

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 ...

For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa has informed policy makers and farmers about sustainable management, while training generations of students.

In 2011, satellite images of the African savannas revealed a mystery: these rolling grasslands, with their heavy rainfalls and spells of drought, were home to significantly fewer trees than ...

Africa is a source of uncertainty in carbon cycle calculations. By some estimates, the continent's landscapes emit 2.1 billion tons more carbon dioxide than they take up each year—about equal to 1.5 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Africa’s vast grasslands are well known for their iconic wildlife, but far less appreciated for the other ecosystem services they provide, ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Sept. 6 (UPI) --Several million years ago, planet Earth featured a much smaller percentage of grasslands. Africa was covered in thick forest. Today, savanna makes up some ...

Ancient animal herders added to the ecological richness and diversity of the African savanna thousands of years ago -- an effect that persists to the present day, a new study finds. The herders' ...

Researchers might have finally provided a solution to the ecological riddle of why tree abundance on Africa's grassy savannas diminishes in response to heavy rainfall despite scientists' expectations ...