Land use history reconstructions in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere indicate that periods of deforestation are often followed by natural afforestation, so that the long-term outcome at ...

Saryarka - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan comprises two protected areas: Naurzum State Nature Reserve and Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve totalling 450,344 ha. It features wetlands of ...

4,000 years ago in the northern steppes of Eurasia, in the shadow of the Ural Mountains, a tiny settlement stood on a natural terrace overlooking the Samara River. In the late twentieth century, a ...

The paper D. Zhu et al., “The large mean body size of mammalian herbivores explains the productivity paradox during the Last Glacial Maximum,” Nat Ecol Evol, 2:640-49, 2018. A PALEONTOLOGY PARADOX ...

Played for centuries in Afghanistan's northern steppes, the national equestrian sport buzkashi, at the heart of Afghan identity, has evolved from a rough, rural pastime to a professionalised ...

The grassy Eurasian steppes cover thousands of miles, from northwestern China to Hungary, creating what one researcher calls a "highway" for cultural exchange and conquest.Credit Wikimedia Commons A ...