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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).

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Gaia hypothesis (main)

Primary productivity (main)

Water use (Climate Change, Biosphere) (main)

Here you will find further resources on this topic in the CAMEL Collection
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