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Over the past two years, Dennis has been working on a series of earth-system orientated research projects in collaboration with various institutions. Earth-system refers to the 5 subsystems which produce the environment we are all familiar with and dependant on: the hydrosphere (aquatic systems); geosphere (overground and underground land systems); atmosphere (the air and gaseous systems) biosphere (the living systems) and cryosphere (the frozen systems at the poles). The concept of a black-earth-system adds a sixth system to this structure. Simply put the idea of a black-earth-system allows …