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exresidence time for carbon held in rocks

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150 million years

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how long is carbon stored for in fast carbon cycle

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350 years

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rate of transfer fast vs slow carbon cycle

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10-1000 times faster in fast cycle

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% of carbon stored in each store

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atmosphere 0.5%
oceans 27%
fossil fuels/sedimentary rocks 70%
biomass 1.5%

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where does 50% of carbon fixation by p/s take place

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in the oceans (50GT of carbon is drawn up from atmosphere by biological pump every year0

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% of global water stored in oceans
in polar ice/glaciers

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97%
2%

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amazon temperature

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27C all year round (no seasonal variation)

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amazon precipitation rate

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2500mm/year
lowest monthly=60mm (driER but no dry season0

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how much of amazon precipitation is recycled by evapotranspiration

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50-60%

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carbon storage per hectare in;
TRF
grassland
soya plantation

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400tonnes
16.2t (25x less)
2.7t (150x less)

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amazon NPP

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2500g/m2/year

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% of deforestation in amazon for cattle ranching
how much C released by this

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80%
340m tonnes CO2 per year

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how much rainforest carbon is stored in biomass

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60%

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carbon storage per hectare in soil of TRF

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90-200 tonnes

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when did madeira river flood?
increased discharge?
no of deaths?

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April 2014
river reached record levels of 19.68m above normal
60 deaths

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deforestation increases runoff by a factor of what

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27

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impact of TRF deforestation on regional precipitation

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20% decline

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how many tonnes of carbon locked in Amazon

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100 billion

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how many tonnes of CO2 does amazon absorb per year

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2.4b tonnes
releases 1.7b tonnes through decomposition

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temperature range in tundra

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-28C to 4C (negative for 9 months0

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precipitation annually in tundra

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50-350mm annually (majority falls as snow)
majority falls in 3-4 month summer when temp >0C

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NPP in tundra

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200g/m2/year

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carbon stored in tundra

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1600T per hectare
5/6 of this in soil, and only 4-30 tonnesper hectare in biomass

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estimated losses of CO2 and CH4 from permafrost

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7 to 40m tonnes CO2
24000 to 114000 tonnes CH4

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arctic warms how much faster than anywhere else in the world
3 times
26
CO2 released from fossil fuel combustion
10b tonnes
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fossil fuel combustion has increased atmospheric ppm CO2 by how much
280 to 400 ppm
28
phytoplankton transfer how much C from atmosphere to deep ocean per year
10GT
29
London water table fell two much in 1965 due to over-exploitation
90m
30
in a glacial, how much does sea level fall
by 100-130m
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in a glacial, how much of continental land mass is covered by ice
1/3
32
how much of global energy combustion is from fossil fuels
87%
33
china afforestation stats
1978 400,000km2 of trees by 2050
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when was Kyoto protocol
1997-2012
35
wetlands occupy how much of earth's land surface contain how much of terrestrial carbon pool
6-9% 35%
36
how many sediment cells in England and Wales
11 (determined by topography and shape of land e.g. Land's End)
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what percentage of sediment comes from rivers in coastal landscapes
70-80%
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direction of LSD in UK
N to S in NE W to E in SW
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example of a beach
Filey Bay Yorkshire 5 miles wide
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spit example
Orford Ness East Anglia
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onshore bars example
slapton sands Devon 4km long
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tombolo examples
chesil beach Dorset(by spit extension) st ninian's, orkneys (wave refraction) 500m long
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salt marsh example
Abel tasman, NZ
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requirement for geo to form
fault must be 70 to 90 degrees to the coastline
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geo example
huntsmans head, Pembroke, Wales 4m at narrowest, 40m at widest
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example of cave/arch/stack/stump evolution
old Harrys rocks, near swanage
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rate of erosion in: chalk and limestone lias and shale
0.1m/year 0.8m/year
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fetch flamborough head
1500km
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river at flamborough head
river Ask
50
robin hoods bay shore platform: width when formed
500m max within last 6000 years
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saltburn beach sediment levels
net increase of 9245m3 between 2008 and 2011
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nile delta direction of LSD
west to east
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nile delta dominant wind direction
from west/north west 55-60% of time
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when was Azwan dam built
1964
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nile delta erosion rates now
up to 148m/year Rosetta mouth 24m/year Damietta mouth 36m/year
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nile delta expected sea level rise
by up to 90cm by 2100 (up to 60% loss of farmland)
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size of gamsa sand dunes
30 km across, between the 2 lagoons
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nile delta historic sediment supply
provided 120m tonnes from river now virtually 0
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describe eustatic change
last 18000 years= interglacial (gone from glacial to warm period) 120m s.l. rise on average so submerging landforms causing massive input of sediment 'rolled onshore' by rising sea levels (flandrian transgression) last 6000 years= stable temps & climate, which allowed progression of civilisation
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width and depth of fjords
often over 1000m deep not very wide 2-4km
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examples of fjords
sognefjord in Norway Milford sound in NZ
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rias examples
kings bridge estuary on south Devon coast 6 miles long 1 mile wide near mouth at salcombe 2 large drowned tributaries extend from east side of ria
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example shingle beach
chesil beach Dorset 29km long
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advantages of using OS maps
has scale: can compare distances and measure land use and land height are clearly displayed spatially and proportionally accurate features easy to read 'layers' of information physical geo and human land use
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disadvantages of using OS maps
no temporal change: displays an area in an instant: 'snapshot' so could be outdated doesnt show seasonal variation in beach e.g. height and width
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advantages of using aerial photos
visually easy to see land use (physical and human) easy to understand and access easy to do rephotography
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disadvantages of using aerial photos
doesnt show scale, height (contours), tidal change lack of labels/information: cannot necessarily tell what they are no compass points
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mine head sea wall height
0.6m
69
mine head prediction of coastal retreat
up to 100m in next 50-100m
70
mine head coastal protection cost
£13 million
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pakiri historical background of sand mining
on 8 feb 1994, minister of conservation granted commercial sand extractors 5 coastal permits under the RMS to dredge sand from nearshore seabed at mangawhai and pakiri permits allow a total of up to 165000m3 of sand to be taken annually for 10 years
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cost of 1m3 of sand in NZ
$40 in 2000
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how much sand is mined weekly in pakiri
1500 tonnes
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overview of past/current sand mining in pakiri
nearshore sand dredging on the coastline has operated for over 70 years between 1994 and 2004, 165000m3/year mining ended at mangawhai in 2005, but has continued at pakiri current rates= 75000m3/year until 2020
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ratio of inputs to outputs at pakiri beach
1:5
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when was pakiri storm and what were the impacts
1978 28m breach at base of mangawhai spit 2nd breach altered tidal currents causing sedimentation of mangawhais harbour so made shallower so community threatened by flooding harbour dredged and groynes constructed on spit to restore some equilibrium
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coastal retreat in future at pakiri
LT retreat by 2100 estimates at 35m width of coastal zone susceptible to erosion is higher than any of the Auckland region's other 123 beaches
78
depth of pakiri dredging
occurring at 8-10m depth (active sediment from here is usually moved by constructive waves onto beach) if sed was taken from deeper (18-25m) it wouldn't impact coastal system
79
amazon deforestation in past 50 years
20% of forest
80
example of marine terrace
San Clemente Island of the Channel Islands in southern California
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raised beach example
Isle of Arran , Scotland
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relict cliffs example
Wairau Valley, New Zealand
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Secondary vs primary forest carbon storage
Primary stores double C per hectare
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Beach replenishment minehead
80m wider
85
Minehead golf course future retreat
100m in next 50 years
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Minehead is worth how much
£300 million

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