grasslands

You're bound to have a long and eventful journey in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, one that sees you step outside Midgar to explore the lands beyond. Still, what do you do if you forgot some objectives in the initial region and you want to return there? Here's our guide on how to fast travel from Junon to Grasslands in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.How to fast travel from Junon to Grasslands in Final Fantasy 7 RebirthYou can fast travel from Junon to Grasslands, and vice versa, upon completing the Stuck in a Rut side…

Shelters used to recreate drought conditions east of Fort Collins, Colorado. Credit: Colorado State University College of Natural Sciences. A global study organized and led by Colorado State University scientists shows that the effects of extreme drought—which is expected to increase in frequency with climate change—has been greatly underestimated for grasslands and shrublands. …

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page.Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday.This week:Grasslands store tons of carbon — and there's a movement to protect themWe're nearing 1.5 C of warming. What does it signify?As Canadians call for greener pensions, pressure mounts for funds to cut ties…

As a research scholar at the Indian Institute for Science Education and Research, I once monitored birds that inhabited tall wet grasslands in Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected area in Northeast India. This habitat forms a part of one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. Yet despite their ecological importance and uniqueness, most grasslands are classified by the Indian government as “wastelands.” I wondered why this was, as I stood on the deck of a governmental outpost, watching a critically…

Rachel Sadowski, a conservation researcher at the San Diego Botanic Garden, walks on a National Forest trail facing a herd of cattle. Photo: Lauren Leffer / GizmodoAt the first National Forest site we visited in California’s remote Modoc Plateau, nearly every plant had been chewed on by cattle. The botanists, there to track down and collect seeds from rare plants, pointed out the soil erosion from stomping hooves. The cow pies were everywhere, unavoidable on the steep roadside slope, and they crunched or squished under…

Conceptual framework for key factors and mechanisms controlling SOC sequestration in grassland ecosystems. Credit: Science Grasslands have the capability to store carbon, functioning as an important tool in a battle against climate change. While scientific interest in grassland soil for carbon sequestration is not new, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Colorado State University have provided a fresh…

In light of the brutal tug-of-war over resources that is natural selection, it's been taken for granted that the giraffe's iconic neck evolved to reach leaves other plant-eaters can't possibly access.  What seemed obvious to Charles Darwin has since attracted a great deal of scrutiny, with some biologists proposing those extended vertebrae aren't for browsing, but rather male weapons of war in the battle for love.Not all researchers are convinced, leaving plenty of room for debate over the benefit of the giraffe's…

The replacement of vegetation zone toward to high-altitudes. It is about 167m lift in the vertical dimension when the temperature increases 1°C. Accordingly, vegetation redistribution and species migration will take place. Note that the altitudes of the three representative vegetation zones, that is, subtropical forest, temperate forest, and alpine tundra are according to the references (Colwell et al., 2008; Díaz-Varela et al., 2010; Jump et al., …