savanna
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"These centuries-old stories provide us a rare glimpse into the past, and that the past was a savanna past, not a forested past," Nerlekar said.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026
The research used forest inventory data from 2,700 plots across the country, ranging from cool moist forests to dry savanna.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
A recent study suggested that if deforestation and climate change continue unabated, between 10% and 47% of the Amazon could transition from lush rainforest to arid savanna over the next 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024
In Brazil, huge swaths of the Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna have been lost to pastures and fields that produce beef and soybeans.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024
As far as the eye could see, the great savanna rolled, brown, gold, buff-green, shimmering toward the horizon, and empty.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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