A council says it cannot do anything to prevent a housing development on rare acid grassland habitat. Colchester Borough Council has received more than 1,000 objections to the plans for Middlewick ...

July 22, 2024 — Climate change will have a considerable influence on the biodiversity and productivity of meadows and pastures. However, according to the results of the large-scale climate and ...

Jones, Holly P. Barber, Nicholas A. Gibson, David J. and Rees, Mark 2019. Is phylogenetic and functional trait diversity a driver or a consequence of grassland ...

The world's natural grasslands might sometimes seem a bit overlooked and under valued – but they’re hugely important environments. Some of the world’s best-known and iconic wildlife makes its home on ...

It has been claimed a second report about the environmental importance of the Wick downplayed its biodiversity score.

Farmers struggling to lime grassland fields have been issued a reminder by Northern Irish researchers and advisers that the effort is worthwhile if conditions allow. Prolonged wet spells in 2023 ...

Grassland ecosystems, like that of the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, are seeing their biodiversity shift rapidly with changing climate. Although all ecosystems are affected by a ...

Today, however, the wild prairie is a shadow of its former self. And temperate grasslands, as a whole, are now considered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature to be the most ...

Grasslands are responding to climate change almost in real time, according to new research. Although all ecosystems are affected by a changing climate, the impacts can take a while to appear ...

A conservation authority in eastern Ontario says it is still looking to partner with landowners and farmers to convert land to grasslands, in order to help protect the endangered ecosystems.