grassland
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Mr. Silvertown calculates that at their seasonal high point there are a thousand times more leaves in one type of British grassland than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The organisation is working with Cumbria Wildlife Trust as part of the Cumbria Seed Bank Project, which aims to reverse the decline of grassland habitats in the county.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Losing them to invasive grassland means a more dangerous fire regime that threatens biodiversity, and the people and livelihoods that depend on Catalina Island.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The results call into question the common assumption that restoring species-rich grassland necessarily requires commercial seed mixes or other expensive measures.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
So in a land which nature found suited to grass growing mixed with and under the shelter of sage, it is now proposed to eliminate the sage and create unbroken grassland.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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But vegetation, starting with grasslands and shifting to forests, creeps back into the swathes wiped out in the explosion and people follow.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the expansive grasslands of Inner Mongolia, farmers are picking plump potatoes alongside new neighbours: huge, rectangular blocks that will fuel China's AI platforms.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The lack of water has ravaged grasslands and left ranchers unable to grow enough hay, forcing them to buy feed for their cows at high prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Growth on permanent grasslands as of August 10 is a third less than the 1989-2018 average, according to the Agriculture Ministry's statistical service.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
But forests are darker than grasslands, and grasslands are darker than deserts.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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