3  Assignments

Partner work allowed: yes, maximum groups of three-four (depending on the topic).

Create a text document of 3-5 pages (A4, 11 pt) that answers the content points of your chosen assignment, see links below. You may structure the document along the given questions or as you like. Make sure that references in your text are correctly cited and that each statement is referenced. Ideally, your responses are complemented by a figure from original sources for each point. The document may be handed in as a Word, RMarkdown, or Quarto document that can be added to the repository of the LES textbook (https://geco-bern.github.io/les/).

The text documents are due to be handed in one week prior to the presentation of the respective topic. A “zero-order draft” is to be handed in on 14.10.2024. See Chapter 2. It should contain an outline of the contents that you are planning to cover in the document (e.g., types of visualisations, etc.)

Present this work in a presentation of 30 min.

3.1 Land use change

3.2 Nitrogen Cycle and Interactions with the Carbon Cycle

3.3 Terrestrial Greenhouse-Gases

3.4 Global environmental change

3.4.1 Land surface greening

3.4.2 CO2 fertilization

3.4.3 Phenology changes