A new study by IISER highlights that hill slopes in Western Ghats highly threatened by encroachments are playing crucial role ...

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said it was alerted to the large scrub fire at around midnight and it had since grown to 1200 ...

Analysis - Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands. Large herbivores like elephant, giraffe and hippopotamus, and ...

But when devastating wildfires erupted around L.A. last month, the utility hadn’t installed the experimental system more broadly across its territory. It remains unknown what caused the Eaton, ...

Abstract: Fractional vegetation cover (FVC) is a key parameter in assessing the condition of surface vegetation, playing a significant role in maintaining ecosystem health and preventing natural ...

Plant growth generally responds positively to an increase in ambient temperature. Hence, most Earth system models project a continuous increase in vegetation cover in the future due to elevated ...

Wetland vegetation responds well to wet conditions. Inundation increases the richness and cover of species. It also improves vegetation condition. The cover and richness of non-woody vegetation is ...

The Fond du Lac area continues to see very little if any precipitation falling, with all but nothing on the ground as far as ...

California officials voted Thursday to let Southern California Edison to raise electric rates to cover payments it made to ...

Garter snakes, belonging to the genus Thamnophis, are nonvenomous snakes found in North America, known for their striking ...

Jaguar have always disregarded national borders, but some threats are keeping the big cats contained within the territories that they inhabits. The spread of extensive monoculture plantations, illegal ...

Post-fire tree planting significantly accelerates forest recovery in burned areas, increasing regrowth rates by 25.7%.