Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
FURTHER READING
Dickinson, G., and Murphy, K. (1998) Ecosystems, London: Routledge. An extremely useful summary of the properties
of ecosystems.
Schlesinger, W. H. (1997) Biogeochemistry: an analysis of global change, second edition, London: Academic Press. This
is an advanced textbook with chapters on all the major chemical elements of climatic and biological interest. The chapter
on the carbon cycle is particularly relevant.
Tivy, J. (1993) Biogeography, third edition, London: Longman. This topic has for many years been a standard text on
biogeography. Many examples from around the world.
WEB RESOURCES
http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/broadbalk T
he famous Broadbalk Winter Wheat Experiment at Rothamsted Experimental
Station (see below) has been in operation since 1843. It allows nutrient cycles to be assessed in cereal farming, and
also monitors leaching losses from the experimental plots.
The Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) CLASSIC (Climate and Land Surface Systems Interaction Centre)
Earth Observation Centre at the University of Exeter uses satellite data to detect changes in land cover, and to model
how these changes feedback on climate and the carbon cycle.
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg T
his is the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website on
the global carbon cycle, and the distribution of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases.
QUEST-QUERCC (Quantifying and Understanding the Earth System Quantifying Ecosystem Roles in the Carbon Cycle).
http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk R
esearch into nutrient cycles, fertilizer use and farming has been carried out at the world-
famous Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, for the past 160 years. The activities of the Agriculture and
Environment Division, Rothemsted Research UK, allow you to see both the traditional and the new experimental
programmes being carried out.
