Earth  ID: 10701

Human Consumption of NPP

Released on December 14, 2010
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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Interview with Dr. Marc Imhoff
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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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Megan Willy (IRC/UMBC): Animator
Ivy Flores (IRC/UMBC): Animator
Jefferson Beck (UMBC): Producer
Marc Imhoff (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Ping Zhang (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Lahouari Bounoua (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer
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