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Biosphere News
Articles, resources, and announcements from Biosphere.
Tracking net primary productivity (NPP) helps us know the condition of Earth's land surface and have better appreciation for ecosystem processes.
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July 28, 2020
According to a recent report in Science, the Amazon rain forest has lost nearly two million acres to logging each year since 1996.
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July 28, 2020
Working to identify regional and global data sets that relate to the function of global ecosystems.
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July 28, 2020
Soil moisture is one of the components of land-surface evapotranspiration, and is a required parameter for evaporation calculations.
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July 28, 2020
Phytoplankton blooms occur in all the Earth’s oceans when nutrient and sunlight conditions are right.
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July 28, 2020
Increased human population often leads to greater influence on the environment and sharper declines in species and ecosystems.
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July 28, 2020
Hunting for elusive answers to a multitude of questions about humanity's role in global climate change.
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July 28, 2020
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