Human Consumption of NPP
On Dec. 14, 2010 NASA Goddard researchers will conduct a press briefing at the American Geophysical Union Fall 2010 meeting, entitled, "Satellite Supported Estimates of Human Rate of NPP carbon Use on Land: Challenges Ahead." In the first measurement of this trend, the research showed humans are using an increasing amount of Earth's annual production of photosynthetic land plants and that consumption rose from 20 to 25 percent from 1995 to 2005.
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Dr. Marc Imhoff answers the question "Does human consumption of NPP differ across the world?"
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Dr. Marc Imhoff answers the question "How does NPP relate to carbon budgets?"
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Dr. Marc Imhoff answers the question "What are the implications of becoming more of a 'garden planet'?"
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Dr. Marc Imhoff answers the question "Could you go into more detail on your research methods?"
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Dr. Marc Imhoff answers the question "Exactly how many tons of plant carbon do people in North America use?"
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Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Megan Willy (IRC/UMBC)
- Ivy Flores (IRC/UMBC)
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Producer
- Jefferson Beck (UMBC)
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Scientists
- Marc Imhoff (NASA/GSFC)
- Ping Zhang (NASA/GSFC)
- Lahouari Bounoua (NASA/GSFC)
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Videographer
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT.