Suggested Resources

Challenge 7:

Reducing Human Impact on

Biogeochemical Cycles

WEBSITES

Use your Internet browser to search for resources using the terms “carbon footprint calculator”

or “nitrogen footprint calculator.”

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

https://nasa.gov/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

https://noaa.gov/

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

https://epa.gov/

Texas Career Check

https://texascareercheck.com/

Suggested search keywords:

agricultural engineer, agricultural and food science technicians

VIDEOS

Use your Internet browser to search for videos to show during class using the terms “carbon

footprint, ” “nitrogen footprint,” ”human impacts to the carbon cycle,” “human impacts to the

nitrogen cycle,” or “agricultural engineer.” Conduct this search prior to class to verify the content

is appropriate for the class and the challenge.

ARTICLES

NASA Earth Observatory. (n.d.).

Human consumption of net primary production

[Website article].

Retrieved from

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/4600/human-consumption-of-

net-primary-production

NOAA Climate Program Office. (n.d.).

Improved understanding of the nitrogen cycle

[Website

article]. Retrieved from

https://climate.noaa.gov/Meet-the-Divisions/Earth-System-Science-

and-Modeling/AC4/Improved-understanding-of-nitrogen-cycle

NOAA National Ocean Service. (2021, February 26).

What is nutrient pollution?

[Website article].

Retrieved from

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nutpollution.html

NOAA National Ocean Service. (2021, February 26).

What is the carbon cycle?

[Website article].

Retrieved from

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/carbon-cycle.html

Riebeek, H. (2011, June 16).

The carbon cycle

[Website article]. Retrieved from

https://earth

observatory.nasa.gov/features/CarbonCycle