The Cheshire region is a low lying plain between the Pennines and the Welsh uplands
the western and northern boundaries extend out to the Irish Sea . The mid-cheshire
ridge divides the county into an eastern and western lowland. 10,000 years ago the
landsacape was coverd by sheets of ice these ice sheets retreated northward leaving
expanses of clay and sand. After the glaciers retreated vegetation became established
and was collonised by by mosses and liverworts on the mineral rich surface. This
vegetation was followed by a diversity of herbs , grasses and sedges.. By 3000 BC
climate conditions improved and soil became nutrient rich and a full decidious forest
covered the landscape with oak, elm, alder and lime. During this Neolithic period
there is little evidence to suggest human distubance to thie area as man was
predomantly a hunter.
At Lindow moss an area in cheshire which is a SSSI there are records by radiocarbon
dating back to 3,000 BC, of human activity disturbing this landcape this was localised
until 450 BC where at Lindow moss the pollen of wheat and barley is associated with
major forest clearence. Along side human interferences, climatic change also
accounted for the development of the extensive peatlands in the country, during cool
wet periods. Much of the colonisation of open moorland and lowland raised bogs
occurred in the Iron Age when the earlier forests in these locations were encroached
upon by water-holding mosses. Substantial erosion in this period, attributed to both
forest clearence and high rainfall. Reduction in woodland continued throughout the
Roman period 45 BC.
Agriculturally Cheshire is now primarily a dairy farming a...
... middle of paper ...
...s purchased
in 1934 by public subscription as a memorial to T.A Coward for his contribution to
natural sciences. At the time of purchase the area was under threat of timber
extraction. At the present time the clough has had little modifivation from its natural
state. The are many native fauna and flora including ramsons Allium ursinum,
bluebells dog’s mercury and yellow archangel. On the valley floor the flora is dense
with kingcup Caltha palustris, pendulous sedge Carex pundula and other species
reflecting the high nutrient of the soil.
Alongside Cotterill Clough are numerous marl pits they are unprotected natural
breeding areas for endangered Great crested newt, they have to be deeper than 30
cms. These ponds are at risk of pollution as they are relatively closed bio systems and
pollution is likely to be long lasting.
Dawlish warren is a major sand spit at the mouth of the River Exe, and
Glacial Lake Peterborough had many attributing spillways attached to it, feeding meltwater and sediment from the ice margin and or other glacial lakes. Much of the sediment that was deposited in Glacial Lake Peterborough came from either from the stagnant ice blocks located on the Oak Ridges moraine or from the Lake Algonquin drainage system. Much of the deposition in this lake was dominated by sediment stratification, which may have been largely influenced by thermal stratification. As a result of thermal stratification occurring in this glacial lake sediment inputs were greatly influenced depending on the different sediment densities between the lake bottom water to that of the incoming meltwater and if the inflow density was less/more than the bottom water than the lake water bottom, than new transport and depositional paths were created
Mother Nature has provided her tools since the beginning of time. One particular herb I want to discuss with you is Torilis Nodosa, also known as Knotted Hedge Parsley. Knotted Hedge Parsley is a plant that branches out at the base, low and spreading. They have five small white flowers, each that are in compact, compound umbels that come from the leaf axes. It is native to parts of Europe, especially the Mediterranean Basin and it is known elsewhere, such as North America, as an introduced species and a common weed. They spread out in all areas of the world, including residential lawns that grow in the Spring and Summer, which is May through August. They will also grow all year in colder climates.
diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of
Wooley, Sir Leonard. Excavations at Ur: a Record of Twelve Years' Work. London: Kegan Paul Unlimited, 2006. http://books.google.com/books?id=7jDzCOgnWxEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Excavations at Ur Woolley&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZJYgU-PGB473qQH62YGgDQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA
The oldest findings we have for seeds in Greece are dated between 11,000 BC and 7300 BC and show us the usage of wild plants such as barley , oats , lentils and peas and also of wild animals such as goats , cattle , hares etc.
During this period land plants evolved. This was a huge deal. More evolved organisms developed...
Toxic substances and Areas of concern: includes pollution prevention, clean up of the most polluted areas in the Great Lakes. Although many so...
Valley Region of the Appalachian Mountains and Subsequent Karst Regions in the State of Virginia
Prasad, V., Strömberg, C. A. E., Leache, A. D., Samant, B., Patnaik, R., Tang, L., ... & Sahni, A. (2011). Late Cretaceous origin of the rice tribe provides evidence for early diversification in Poaceae. Nature communications, 2, 480.
'Water pollution is any chemical, physical or biological change in the quality of water that has a harmful effect on any living thing that drinks or uses or lives(in) it. ' (Azeem 1). In Canada, most people live in the southern part along with many agricultural and industrial activities causing the worst cases of water pollution. Water pollution is caused by population growth and industrialization, but can be prevented if proper controls are taken into consideration to help reduce the discharge of waste materials. Water pollution has been a huge disadvantaging concern for humans as well as wildlife for over many decades, but can actually be prevented if attempted. Preventing waste materials from being dumped into lakes and rivers, controlling
This paper introduces the environmental concerns of the loss of coastal wetlands. The paper will discuss the significance of wetlands and the devastation that is occurring because of human activity. Wetlands are an essential element of our environment both ecological and societal; conservation will be essential for the preservation of these precious ecosystems.
Before the land of what we no class Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, and other countries in the middle east grains, such as wheat and wild barley, could be seen growing in the wild without human hand to cultivate and nurture it (Authors 2007). Over time, humans began to recognize the benefit of the plants and began the first signs of human agriculture. The skill of farming took time and trial and error, but along the way, humans began to settle down to tend to their crops. Though the first crops were nothing more than seed s thrown about without rhyme or reason to the process we know today such as fields having, rows and sorting out the seeds to create a higher yield each harvest (Authors 2007). Because of the trial and error process, agriculture of plants did not take place of a short period but took many, many years to evolve to what we know today as agriculture; the new fa...
One of the most key examples of understanding human culture through archaeology is the topic of climate and the environment. As seen through history, there is an intricate relationship between the environment and life on earth. Through extensive research, archaeologists have the ability to take note of minor cultural changes that can be attributed to the environment during a particular time period. These changes include, shifts in methods of food collection, changes in the artwor...