as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain
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What's next: The tundra carbon finding is a signal of other fundamental shifts yet to come across the Arctic.
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
With a land mass roughly a quarter the size of the US and a population of only 60,000, Greenland remains a mostly untouched tundra refuge.
—Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
Each of these developments — and more — are allowing the tundra to transition into a net source of greenhouse gases, which scientists discovered from looking at 2024's data as well as two decades of observations.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
The tundra has become a source of emissions, rather than a carbon sink, the authors said.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
With a land mass roughly a quarter the size of the US and a population of only 60,000, Greenland remains a mostly untouched tundra refuge.
—Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
Each of these developments — and more — are allowing the tundra to transition into a net source of greenhouse gases, which scientists discovered from looking at 2024's data as well as two decades of observations.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
The tundra has become a source of emissions, rather than a carbon sink, the authors said.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tundra
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Hang on to your bonnets, y’all—Laura Ingalls Wilder is making her way back to the prairie.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Located along a longtime migratory path on Lake Michigan, Cook County attracts a wide variety of birds to the lakefront, as well as forest preserves, wetlands and prairies.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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On the backs of horses, human civilization had grown, from the steppes of Asia to Greece, Rome, and Europe.—
Caroline Winterer / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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Born 43 years ago in the high steppes of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia—a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the Russian border—the Chinese bass Peixin Chen sings in primordial tones that set the whole hall and the listener’s rib cage humming.—
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7 Dec. 2024
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Leave a comment View Comments The formations have also provided insight into one of the biggest mysteries on Mars — why the planet has a marked boundary between the soaring highlands of its southern hemisphere and shallow plains in the northern hemisphere.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic plains on Mars.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Florida climate is similar to that of the capybaras’ homelands—they are found in every country in South America except Chile, usually in places where dense forests and grasslands meet water sources, such as rivers and swamps.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas These states are subject to big grassland fires that can move very quickly in high wind conditions, putting large numbers of homes a risk, said Radeloff, the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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Around the turn of the century, Israel’s forestry department converted part of the Negev Desert into a savanna, planting trees in a mosaic of natural and altered patches to boost species diversity.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
30 Sep. 2024
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They are found in forests, savannas and wetlands of West Africa.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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