Any suggestions on where to find information on the ecosystem?

I have to do a paper on it and am lost on where to find more information. Any good sights to go to would be appreciated!Any suggestions on where to find information on the ecosystem?if by the ecosystem you mean all natural ecosystems, if so, there are a large number of places to get information, and a large voriety of subjects to cover. Then again if you mean ALL ecosystems then there is an even broder horrizon to explore... First refrence is a definition of ecosystem, and a general model of energy flow through ecosystems.... The second link is seems to be rather informative, yet simple... The third link has something to do with the current issue of global warming and the use of our ecosystem as grazing land, and the last link is addressing the qualies of the man made Agricultural ecosystems in the united states of america.



Hope this helped you on your paper.Any suggestions on where to find information on the ecosystem?one of the best reports on ecology in general all over the planet is Lester E Browns little book ,a planet under stress -Plan B

it has been translated in about 40 languages and won a best book award a few years ago.

very knowlegeble ,he is the founder and director of the department of Ecology in the USA.





in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification





in recent times thousands of people have died because of exessive heat,usually old people.in India ,Mexico and France,

deforestation causing desertification,the desert conditions causing very cold nights and scorching hot days



in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns and turned their lands into dessert,the globe where they were got to hot for them .

and instead of producing food they are now needing it from some where else,and they will drastically effect the world food prices when they start buying water in the form of grains ,at any cost destabalising governments, in some countries ,could be the result

(are you seeing more Chinese around interested in agricultural lands ,we do here in Mexico)



this was man made global warming because of over grazing and fertilizers, and they are not the only ones

collectively this planet is drying up ,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year

and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were no desserts.



so as far as the food production is concerned Global warming or some of its effects are serious,rising seas result in landloss



each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss



more landloss because of desertification every year,we have less areble land to produce food ,for an extra 70 million people ,



and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,

and there are less and less farmers to do it..

who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers

who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,

because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing



RISING SEAS

The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.

this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter.



Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,



At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where.



SOLUTIONS

if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the destructive processes



reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.



the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.



the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia



Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.



the protection of existing forrests.



stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.



education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.



education on environmental awareness

education on family planning to curb over麓populaion



Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.



more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks



,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour



alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine



recicling wastes,limit water use



i am a Permaculture Consultant for the department of Ecology for the regional government in Guerrero Mexico

http://spaces.msn.com/byderuleAny suggestions on where to find information on the ecosystem?The best and only authorative source of information on the eco-system is just outside your door, ie the ecosystem in question, A pristine (unaffected by modern human activities) is probably one of the greatest %26amp; most precious sights in the world; sights such as Grand Canyon; Great barrier Reef; Himalaya; Amazon rain forest; are big, but looking at the small in your own neighbourhood is just as rewarding.



Darwin's study of earthworms is a good example of how to do this, and quite an entertaining read too.

http://www.darwin-literature.com/The_For鈥?/a>