(Third in a series of three posts).
This weekend, Friday Night at the Movies features a special, 6-part presentation on space-based agricultural sensing and the role it plays in understanding global food production, land and water use, food security, agricultural economics, and monitoring impacts of climate change on growing patterns.
Episodes 5 and 6 of NASA’s, Science for A Hungry World series appear below the fold; links to all appear at bottom.
Episode 5. This episode explores the challenges agriculture faces from dwindling groundwater resources in the face of increasing demand. Also discussed are the GRACE satellites, which enable scientists to discover changes to underground aquifers by monitoring changes in Earth’s gravity.
Episode 6. As the series concludes, NASA researchers look into the likely impacts of global climate change upon agriculture.
Science for A Hungry World: Part 5
Science for A Hungry World: Part 6
More from the Science for A Hungry World Series
- Episodes 1 & 2: Click to View
- Episodes 3 & 4: Click to View
- Episodes 5 & 6: This Page
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