Ecology and Identification of Ecosystem Services

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Ecology and Identification of Ecosystem Services
Trans-disciplinary across scale
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Economics the efficient distribution of scarce
resources

• Carbon Crisis
• Clean Water Crisis
• Fuel Crisis
• Food Crisis
• Soil Crisis
• Biodiversity Crisis

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The human footprint on Earth
P. Kareiva et al., Science 316, 1866 -1869
(2007)
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Ocean Impact fishing, pollution, and oil
exploration
Man-made pollution is raising ocean acidity at
least 10-20 times faster than previously thought,
a study says. Tim Wootton

• Science 15 February 2008 Vol. 319. no. 5865, pp.
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Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystem
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Water extraction deficit
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Water Scarcity
Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in
Agriculture Stockholm World Water Week, 2006
www.iwmi.org/assessment
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Fossil Water Ogallala Aquifer 2 to 6 million
old 2/3 Lake Michigan volume Draining the flow of
18 Colorado Rivers Dry up in 25 years.
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People Cause 10X More Soil Erosion Than All
Natural Processes Combined...
Human activity causes 10 times more erosion of
continental surfaces than all natural processes
combined, an analysis by a University of Michigan
geologist shows. "If you ask how fast erosion
takes place over geologic timesay over the last
500 million yearson average, you get about 60
feet every million years," Wilkinson said. In
those parts of the United States where soil is
being eroded by human agricultural activity,
however, the rate averages around 1,500 feet per
million years,
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Global Soil Degradation
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Total Carbon (LPJ)
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Ecological Footprint
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Farming Ecosystem Services
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City Farm Resource Center
Growing Home
Chicagos Urban Farms
Growing Power
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Controlled Ecological Life Support System

• Mars The red planet where plants recycle human
  wastes. I am also developing plant growth
  chambers research lately. 200sq recycle all air
  and water for 4 people, but to get enough food
  for 1 person

200 sq ft, can grow food and process the waste of
1 person
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Urban Labs Martin FelsenGrowing Water Chicago
2106
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Urban Labs Martin FelsenGrowing Water Chicago
2106
Eco-Boulevard
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Speakers

• Pati Vitt (Chicago Botanical Garden)
• Impacts of Climate Change on Midwestern Plant
  Species
• Don Hey (Wetlands Initiative)
• Nutrient Farming The Business of Environmental
  Management
• Mike Miller (Argonne National Lab)
• Biological and Geological Carbon Sequestration
• Jason Hill (University of Minnesota)
• Greenhouse Gas and Air Quality Costs of
  Transportation Biofuels