The role of ecosystems and their management in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality

P Smith, MR Ashmore, HIJ Black… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems have a critical role in regulating climate, and soil, water and air quality, but
management to change an ecosystem process in support of one regulating ecosystem service …

Selecting biological indicators for monitoring soils: a framework for balancing scientific and technical opinion to assist policy development

K Ritz, HIJ Black, CD Campbell, JA Harris, C Wood - Ecological Indicators, 2009 - Elsevier
Soils are one of the most important features of the natural capital of terrestrial ecosystems.
There is a strong and increasing policy requirement for effective monitoring of soils at local, …

World's soils are under threat

…, P Vijarnsorn, GL Zhang, D Arrouays, H Black… - Soil, 2016 - soil.copernicus.org
The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils has completed the first State of the World's
Soil Resources Report. Globally soil erosion was identified as the gravest threat, leading to …

Accounting for nature: assessing habitats in the UK countryside.

RH Haines-Young, CJ Barr, H Black, DJ Briggs… - 2000 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
Countryside Survey 2000 (CS2000) and the Northern Ireland Countryside Survey 2000 (NICS2000)
have been designed to provide detailed information about the habitats and …

Discontinuity in the responses of ecosystem processes and multifunctionality to altered soil community composition

…, SA Wood, RD Bardgett, HIJ Black… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Ecosystem management policies increasingly emphasize provision of multiple, as opposed
to single, ecosystem services. Management for such “multifunctionality” has stimulated …

Rising Atmospheric CO2 Reduces Sequestration of Root-Derived Soil Carbon

J Heath, E Ayres, M Possell, RD Bardgett, HIJ Black… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Forests have a key role as carbon sinks, which could potentially mitigate the continuing
increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and associated climate change. We show …

Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978–2003

P Smith, SJ Chapman, WA Scott, HIJ Black… - Global Change …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We present results from modelling studies, which suggest that, at most, only about 10–20%
of recently observed soil carbon losses in England and Wales could possibly be attributable …

Factors influencing the national distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in British soils

…, J Wright, CL Wienburg, HIJ Black… - Environmental …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Helaina IJ Black … Is black carbon a better predictor of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
distribution in soils than total organic carbon?. Environmental Pollution 2011, 159 (1) , 64-70. https:/…

Soil carbon, multiple benefits

…, M Bernoux, T Bhattacharyya, H Black… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
In March 2013, 40 leading experts from across the world gathered at a workshop, hosted by
the European Commission, Directorate General Joint Research Centre, Italy, to discuss the …

[PDF][PDF] The benefits of soil carbon

R Victoria, S Banwart, H Black, J Ingram… - Foresight chapter in …, 2012 - smartfertirrigation.eu
In view of the growing world population, within two decades global demand for food is projected
to increase by 50 per cent, demand for water by 35-60 per cent, and demand for energy …