OCR A-Level Geography - Earth's Life Support Systems

In-depth notes explaining how human activity influences the water and carbon cycles, using the case studies of the Aral Sea and the River Kennet in South England. Also includes how land use change alters the flows and stores in the water and carbon cycles, as well as monitoring techniques for record...

Includes an introduction to the Arctic Tundra, factors affecting the carbon and water cycles in the Arctic Tundra, the impact of the developing oil and gas industry on the cycles, and management strategies to moderate the impacts of the oil and gas industry in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. also includes a su...

Includes an introduction to tropical rainforests , the water and carbon cycles in the Amazon Rainforest and how they are affected by natural factors. Also explains how human activity is affecting the carbon and water cycles in the Amazon Rainforest (using the Madeira River System case study), and ma...

In-depth notes explaining the importance, the distribution and the global pattern of storage of carbon. Also includes flows in the carbon cycle, carbon sequestration on land and in the oceans, and slow and fast carbon cycles

Explains the importance of water for life on Earth, the water cycle as a system, stores in the global water cycle (e.g. the atmosphere, oceans, ice caps, aquifer systems), and the drainage basin water cycle and the flows of this. Also includes an explanation of flood hydrographs and the water balanc...