Readings

Mae Sexauer Gustin

Origin of the earth and life

Wearnt, S. The discovery of rapid climate change, August 2003, Physics Today 30-35.

Vistousek et al., 1997 Human domination of the earth's ecosystems, Science 277 494-499.

Westbroek, P.. Let's reclaim Gaia for science The Iconoclast 2000

Kerr, R.A., The Story of O2, 17 June 2005, Science v. 308; 1730-1732.

Schlesinger, W.H. 1997 Biogeochemistry: An analysis of global change, Academic Press, USA. Chapter 1-Introduction and Chapter 2-Origins pp 3 to 45.

Perkins, Sid 2009 The iron record of the earth's oxygen Science News June 20 2009 p 24-28.

Clark, I. and Fritz, P. Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology, 2000, Lewis Publishers, USA.

Faure, G. Principles of Isotope Geology, 1986, John Wiley and Sons, USA.

http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/res/funda.html

Fluxes

Alm et al. 2007. Methods for determining emission factors for the use of peat and peatlands - flux measurements and modelling. Boreal Environment Research 12: 85-100.

Baldocchi et al., 2001 FLUXNET: A new tool to study the temporal and spatial variability of ecosystem scale carbon dioxide, water vapor and energy flux densities, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82, 2415-2434.

Modeling

Oreskes et al., 1994 Verification, validation, and confirmation of numerical models in the Earth Sciences, Science 263 (4 February), 641- 646.

Guidance on the development, evaluation and application of environmental models, 2008, EPA.

The Atmosphere

Schlesinger, W.H. 1997 Biogeochemistry: An analysis of global change, Academic Press, USA. Chapter 3 –The Atmosphere pp 47-87

Prinn, R.G. Ozone, hydroxyl radical and oxidative capacity 2005 Chapter 4.1 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy, V4 The Atmosphere, R.F. Keeling ed: p 1-21.

The Ocean

Schlesinger, W.H. 1997 Biogeochemistry: An analysis of global change, Academic Press, USA. Chapter 9 –The Oceans pp 291-340

Chahine, M.T. 1992 The hydrologic cycle and its influence on climate, Nature v. 359 p373-380.

Carbon

Sundquist, E.T. and Visser, K, 2005 The geologic history of the carbon cycle Chapter 8.09 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V8 Biogeochemistry, W.H.Schlesinger ed, pp 425-472

Houghton, R. A., 2005 The contemporary carbon cycle Chapter 8.10 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V8 Biogeochemistry, W.H.Schlesinger ed, pp 473-514

Schlesinger, W.H. 1997 Biogeochemistry: An analysis of global change, Academic Press, USA. Chapter 9 – The Carbon Cycle of Terrestrial Ecosystems pp 127-164

Schlesinger, W.H. 1997 Biogeochemistry: An analysis of global change, Academic Press, USA. Chapter 9 – Biogeochemical cycling on land pp 166-218.

Adams, J. M. and Piovesan, G. 2002 Uncertainties in the role of land vegetation in the carbon cycle, Chemosphere 49: 805-819.

Etiope, G. and Klusman, R.W. 2002 Geologic emissions of methane to the atmosphere Chemosphere 49: 777-789.

Walker B, Steffen W. 1997. An overview of the implications of global change for natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems. Conservation Ecology [online]1(2): 2.

Defrosting the Carbon Freezer of the North, by: Erik Stokstad (Science 11 June 2004: Vol. 304. no. 5677, pp. 1618 - 1620)

Carbon unlocked from soils, by: E. Detlef Schulze and Annette Freibauer (Nature September 2005: Vol. 437, no.7056, pp. 205-206)

Student presentation papers

Gough et al., 2008 Controls on annual forest carbon storage: Lessons from the past and predictions for the future BioScience 58: 609-622.

Morner, H and Etiope, G 2002 Carbon degassing from the lithosphere Global and Planetary Change 33: 185-203.

Lal, R. 2004 Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security. Science 304 1623-1627

Rodriguez et al. 2002 Representing key phytoplankton functional groups in ocean carbon cycle models: Coccolithophorids Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16: 47 1-20

Phosphorus

Ruttenberg, K.C., 2005 The global phosphorus cycle Chapter 8.13 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V8 Biogeochemistry, W.H.Schlesinger ed, pp 585-644

Schlesinger, W.H. 1997 Biogeochemistry: An analysis of global change, Academic Press, USA. Chapter 12 – The Global cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus, 383-401.

Nitrogen

Galloway, J.N. 2005 The global nitrogen cycle Chapter 8.12 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V8 Biogeochemistry, W.H.Schlesinger ed, pp 557-584.

Chadwick et al 1999 Changing sources of nutrients during four million years of ecosystem development Nature 397, 491-495.

Schimel, J. P. et al 2004 Nitrogen mineralization; Challenges of a changing paradigm Ecology, 85(3) 591-602

Fires and nutrient cycling

Johnson, DW et al 2004 Fire effects on carbon and nitrogen budgets in forests, Water Air Soil Pollution: Focus 4; 263-275

Johnson, DW et al 2005 The effects of wildfire, salvage logging and post-fire N-fixation on the nutrient budgets of a Sierran Forest, Forest Ecology and Management, 220, 155-165

Eutrophication

Prepas, E.E. and Charette, T. 2005 Worldwide eutrophication of water bodies: Causes, Concerns, Controls Chapter 9.08 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V9 Environmental Geochemistry, B.S. Lollar ed. pp 311-332.

Schindler et al. 2008 Eutrophication of lakes cannot be controlled by reducing nitrogen input: Results of a 37-year whole ecosystem experiment, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 105: 11254-11258.

Acidification of ecosystems

Engestrom, D.R., Fritz, S. C., Almendinger, J. E., Juggins, S. Chemical and biological trends during lake evolution in recently deglaciated terrain, Nature 408 161-166.

Driscoll, C. T., Driscoll, K., Roy, K. M., Mitchell, M. J. 2003 Chemical response of lakes in the Adirondack region of New York to declines in acid deposition, Env. Sci. Tech. 37 2036-2041.

Palmer, S.M., C.T. Driscoll, C.E. Johnson, (2004). Long-term trends in soil solution and stream water chemistry at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: relationship with landscape position, Biogeochemistry, 68, 51-70.

Norton, S.A. Vesely, J. . 2005 Acidification and acid rain Chapter 9.10 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V9 Environmental Geochemistry, B.S. Lollar ed. pp 367-406.

Radioactive contamination

Siegel, M.D., Bryan, C.R. 2005 Environmental Geochemistry of Radioactive Contamination Chapter 9.06 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V9 Environmental Geochemistry, B.S. Lollar ed. pp 206-253.

Heavy Metals

Mercury

Fitzgerald, W. F., Lamborg, C. H. 2005 Geochemistry of Mercury in the Environment Chapter 9.04 in Volume 9 Environmental Geochemistry, B.S. Lollar ed. pp 107-148 Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy

Callender, E. 2005 Heavy Metals in the Environment Chapter 9.03 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V9 Environmental Geochemistry, B.S. Lollar ed. pp 67-106

Volatile organic compounds

Adiens, P., Gruden, C, McCormick, M.L.. 2005 Biogeochemistry of Halogenated Hydrocarbons Chapter 9.14 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V9 Environmental Geochemistry, B.S. Lollar ed. pp 511-540

Barbash, JE.2005 The Geochemistry of Pesticides Chapter 9.15 in Treatise on Geochemistry, Holland, H.D. and Turekin K.K. eds. Elsevier, Italy , V9 Environmental Geochemistry, B.S. Lollar ed. pp 541-578.

Wania, F., Mackay, D. 1996 Tracking the distribution of persistent organic pollutants Environmental Science and Technology 30 (9) news-A pages 390-396.

Kalantzi, O.I. et al. The Global distribution of PCBs and Organochlorine Pesticides in Butter, 2001 Environmental Science and Technology, 35 (6) 1013-1018.