ADDITIONAL READING ASSIGNMENTS - OCEN 310 (Fall 2006)

Reading assignments not in the text can be downloaded here as pdf files. Also note that additional readings may also be assigned during the semester.

Introduction/Overview Jacobsen et al. 2001. Introduction: Biogeochemical cycles ... (ch. 1). in Earth System Science. (Jacobson et al., eds.). D. Suzuki. 1995. Blinded by our minds. in Science for the Earth

The Geosphere and Planetary Evolution S.R. Taylor and S.M. McLennan. 2005.  The evolution of continental crust. in Sci. Amer. J. Bada. 2004. How life began on Earth: a status report. in Earth Planet Sci. Letters (opt.) J. Kasting. 1998. The origins of water on Earth. in Scientific American (opt.)  C. Allègre and S. Schneider. 2005.  The evolution of Earth. in Scientific American

The Earth System The carbon cycle (opt.)  Falkowski et al. 2000. The global carbon cycle... Science. The N and P cycles Global nitrogen cycling out of control. Envir. Health Persp. July 2004 (opt.) Galloway et al. 2003. The nitrogen cascade. BioSci. (opt.) R. Nierenberg. 2001. Toxic Fertility. in World Watch (opt.) W.S. Reeburgh - Figures summarizing the global cycles of biogeochemically important elements. in Bull. Ecol. Soc. Am. [Note that color copies of the figures in this article can be obtained here] (opt.) Galloway et al. 1995. Nitrogen fixation: Anthropogenic enhancement- environmental response. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 9:235-25

Natural Global Change E. Bard. Climate shock: Abrupt climate changes over millenial time scales. in Phys Today 2002 (opt.) Kump and Lovelock. The Geophysiology of climate (opt.) W. Broecker. 1995. Chaotic climate. in Scientific American

Anthropogenic Global Change Greenhouse effect/global warming (opt.) IPCC Summary for Policymakers of Working Group I Report (opt.) Climate Change Science ­ An analysis of some key questions (report of the National Academy of Science) (opt.) T. Wigley. 2001. The science of climate change in Climate Change: Science, Strategies and Solutions (opt.) IPCC Technical Summary of Working Group I Report (opt.) WS Broecker. 1999. What if the conveyor were to shut down?.... GSA Today. (opt.) Sarmiento and Gruber. 2002. Sinks for anthropogenic carbon. Physics Today.

Additional Readings Over the years I've accumulated readings that are relevant to the topics we are discussing, but are not necessarily "required" (or even optional) readings. Nevertheless, they still may be of interest to you. These readings are listed on the course web site. Copies of these readings can either be obtained from me or found in the general collection at the ODU library.

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