I am doing a world-building exercise and discussion at ConFusion 2026. These websites provided some of the figures, and are great places to learn more.

Ecosystem Services

Explainer: What Are Ecosystem Services?

https://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.html

https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/final-ecosystem-goods-and-services-fegs

https://cises.eu

Biogeography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome

https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/Fullerton_College/Introduction_to_Geology/13%3A_Deserts/13.01%3A_Locations_of_Deserts

https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Evergreen_Valley_College/Introduction_to_Ecology_%28Kappus%29/02%3A_The_Physical_Environment/2.04%3A_Global_Winds_and_Precipitation

https://sites.google.com/a/moe.edu.sg/physical-geography-2023/weather-and-climate/topic-1-weather-and-climate/why-does-temperature-vary

Plate Tectonics

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/plate-tectonics.htm

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/about/edu/dynamicplanet/nutshell.php

Related Articles

Packing for a Very Long Trip – Clarkesworld July 2010

Building Forests, Remaking Planets – Clarkeworld June 2011

Food Systems

How Great Cities are Fed, W. P. Hedden, 1929 (book on urban food systems, long out of print)

How Great Cities are Fed, podcast series on 21st century food systems