Here are the required readings. Click on the thumbnail.
Set 1 : Life of Earth
A) A search for life on Earth from the Galileo spacecraft
B) On the influence of carbonic acid in the air upon the temperature of the Earth
Set 2 : Carbon dioxide and Climate
A) The artificial production of carbon dioxide and its influence on temperature
B) Can carbon dioxide influence climate ?
Set 3 : Carbon and Nitrogen cycles
A) The Global Carbon Cycle: A Test of Our Knowledge of Earth as a System
B) Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions
Set 4 : Zoogeochemistry
A) On the Three Major Recycling Pathways in Terrestrial Ecosystems
B) Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle
C) Can large herbivores enhance ecosystem carbon persistence?
Set 5 : Microbes and Climate Change
A) Soil microbiomes and climate change
B) Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change
C) Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
Set 6 : Modelling the Earth System
A) IPCC Summary for All
B) Climate, ecosystems, and planetary futures: The challenge to predict life in Earth system models
C) Modeling ecosystem-scale carbon dynamics in soil: The microbial dimension