and community-level traits based on individual plant functional traits play important roles in ecosystem function. In temperate desert ecosystems, which functional trait to use to predict ecosystem ...

The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square kilometers, it ranks as the largest hot desert on our planet. To give you a sense ...

In a historic move, the State of Israel has reclaimed enforcement in the reserve. We expect – we demand – substantial action to restore the fragile desert ecosystem, which has suffered too long from ...

The northern prairie skink, Manitoba’s only lizard species, also calls Spirit Sands home. These small, elusive reptiles depend on the warm, sandy environment to survive. Another unique inhabitant is ...

However, recent research from China suggests that large-scale solar panel installations in desert regions might come at a high ecological cost. While these projects generate significant amounts of ...

director of Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers based in Tucson, says that’s changing — fast. Wilder said their research shows our ecosystem is changing — and making us more at risk to wildfire ...

For more than 15 years, WWF and its bi-national partners have been working in the northern Chihuahuan Desert to protect and bring back freshwater and grassland ecosystems for the benefit of wildlife ...

Desert Control AS (DSRT) announces its fourth quarter report and interim full-year financial results for the fiscal period ending 31 ...

As climate change continues to impact our planet, understanding how ecosystems respond to environmental shifts is more critical than ever. This project analyzes vegetation health using NDVI ...

The study site is located at the Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert and Grassland Ecosystem (37°00.77″N, 80°43.45″E, Supplementary Figure 1) at the southern edge of the ...