Research into grassland ecology started at the Northeast Normal University (NENU) in the 1950s when Tingcheng Zhu, founder of NENU’s Institute of Grassland Science (IGS), surveyed the vegetation ...

Comparing pollen records from three lakes in different geological substrates highlights the influence of geology and climate on long-term vegetation development.

But with so much fertile, productive land degraded each ... fuelled by drought and climate change — by nurturing trees, grasslands, and vegetation to create The Great Green Wall.