Global Biosphere - related image preview

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Global Biosphere - related image preview

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Global Biosphere - related image preview

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Global Biosphere - related image preview

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Global Biosphere

The sum of Earth's plants, on land and in the ocean, changes slightly from year to year as weather patterns shift. This pair of images contrasts average plant growth in 2002 to growth in 2008, revealing small interannual changes.


NASA images created by Rob Simmon and Jesse Allen, using ocean chlorophyll data provided courtesy of the SeaWiFS Project and vegetation data courtesy of the Global Mapping and Modelling & Mapping Studies (GIMMS) project. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published June 6, 2009
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2008

Source:
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS