{"id":579,"date":"2024-05-18T11:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aachips.co\/home\/?p=579"},"modified":"2024-05-18T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T15:33:39","slug":"grasslands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/","title":{"rendered":"How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change &#8211; PBS North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbsnc.org\/blogs\/science\/how-planting-grasslands-fights-climate-change\/\">How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change | PBS North Carolina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Michelle Lotker; Published on April 3, 2023 \u2022 Last modified on May 11, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbsnc.org\/blogs\/science\/\">Science &amp; Nature<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grasslands help to combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. When grasslands are replanted, they can help to restore this natural carbon sink and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. Additionally, grasslands provide habitat for wildlife and help to protect water quality.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Grasslands, Not Just for the Midwest\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis is my favorite plant,\u201d Tara Mei Smith exclaims to Justin Robinson while standing in a parking lot median at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro, North Carolina. \u201cIt\u2019s like little stars,\u201d she says, pointing out the silvery seed tufts of splitbeard bluestem grass that reflect the setting sun.<\/p>\n<p>This plant isn\u2019t something you\u2019d normally find in a parking lot, but it turns out it\u2019s uniquely adapted to thrive in this kind of exposed, sunny environment. The plants in these parking lot medians are cultivated by Chatham County Agricultural Extension Agent Debbie Roos as the<a href=\"https:\/\/growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu\/growingsmallfarms-pollinatorgarden\/\"> Chatham Mills \u201cPollinator Paradise\u201d Garden<\/a> and include a variety of native species. But the ones Tara Mei and Justin are most excited about are the ones native to grassland ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>Tara Mei and Justin are part of the not-for-profit organization<a href=\"http:\/\/extraterrestrialprojects.org\/\"> Extra Terrestrial Projects<\/a>. One of their current missions is to help people realize the benefits of planting native grassland species (coneflowers, milkweed, asters) in commercial landscaping, roadside areas and residential yards where they\u2019ll thrive. Doing so will help mitigate a major component of what\u2019s causing our changing climate: excess atmospheric carbon.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbsnc.org\/blogs\/science\/how-planting-grasslands-fights-climate-change\/\">How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change | PBS North Carolina<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grasslands help to combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-facts","category-climate-change","category-educational","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change - PBS North Carolina - Apple Chip Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grasslands help to combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change - PBS North Carolina - Apple Chip Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grasslands help to combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Apple Chip Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-18T15:33:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/grasslandsrestoration-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1890\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1195\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"April Chips\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"April Chips\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/\",\"name\":\"How Planting Grasslands Fights Climate Change - PBS North Carolina - Apple Chip Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/grasslandsrestoration-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-18T15:33:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9a742b7f7f02faea2aab0a6accdc54fc\"},\"description\":\"Grasslands help to combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/grasslands\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/grasslandsrestoration-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aachips.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/grasslandsrestoration-1.jpg\",\"width\":1890,\"height\":1195,\"caption\":\"Grassland Restoration Network tour. 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