Where the Grass Is Greener

WIDE ANGLE: Where The Grass Is Greener

Grass is amazing stuff. It can suck up atmospheric carbon, form the foundation of diverse ecosystems, as well as profitable farms and ranches, and could someday put "grassoline" in your car's tank. Get the summer scoop on grasslands and prairies here.

Green Sea

Humans like grasslands, perhaps, because we are a product of them. Today our interest in these fertile places -- like this Argentine grassland -- has made them harder and harder to protect.
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