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Climate and the biosphere, the living part of Earth, have an intimate relationship that alters primary production and water use.

Magnitude and distribution of global primary production, both oceanic (mg/m³ chlorophyll a) and terrestrial (normalized difference land vegetation index).

SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center & ORBIMAGE

Gaia Hypothesis	Primary Productivity	Water Use

 

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