NASA | Science for a Hungry World: Part 1

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As the first of six episodes, Science for a Hungry World: Part 1 sets the groundwork for explaining why NASA data is critical to ensure a stable global food system. This video reveals how satellite remote sensing data provide the world with essential information like the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, or NDVI, which allows scientists and governments to see the health of crops on a global scale. This video reinforces the idea that a unique perspective from space is essential for continuous global agricultural monitoring and accurate forecasting.

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• agriculture
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• vegetation
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• earth
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• crops
• farmers

[eb352mm]

the problem isnt enough food but too many people shitting children left and right only so that they will fight with each other for limited resources.

[damianpoirier]

Oh I know what you are referring to. Fact of the matter is you are just wrong. We have been in space and are working on much more than you imagine. Did you know for instance that a significant portion of NASAs budget goes to research in nanotechnology? The facility of reaking our world once we have decent nanotech wll surpass all previous efforts combined. It's not pie in the sky. Biology proves nanotech is possible.

[skullhoof]

Corrupted Governments cause food shortage.

[Volcano17r]

Stop to feed animals and give it's food to us. ;)

[GoneBad666]

the fact that mankind in the last 10 yrs have used more oil than all the oil we have ever used in the history of mankind, kinda tells you a better reason to stop using oil, other than AGW

[donze52]

IF A SINGLE PEPPER PLANT THAT I GREW THIS LAST SUMMER GAVE ME $30 WORTH OF FOOD, MEDICINE AND WEAPONS. OF COURSE i USE MY WHOLE YARD, $3,000 TAX FREE, WITHOUT GROUND WATER AND ONLY USING HOME MADE BUG REPELLENT FOR MY PLANTS.

[simonsrd100]

oil in the ground costs money = you burn fossil fuel to get it out of the ground . = then you burn fossil fuel to move it around the world = then you burn massive amounts of fossil fuel to make electric =then you burn lots more fossil fuel to run machines to make things ie plastic gas fuel cell phones shopping bags the list goes on. then you throw out the oil product where more fossil fuel is needed to get rid of it .All that fossil fuel burnt to make a sweet wrapper .wow

[Fistfullofnapalm]

Lol yeah. Well we're already done a pretty good job of suffocating the planet and ourselves in the process so far. Its infuriating.

[rezz110]

I think what you mean is the rest of the is going to get fucked. Because, as I far as I know and see, half the world is already fucked, ass-pounded, raped, and murdered.

[Fistfullofnapalm]

We don't have enough natural resources to go around.

We don't have enough food to go around.

We produce too much greenhouse gases.

And these problems are only going to get worse because our population is growing at an unsustainable rate and the majority of the countries around the world are run by people that can't see the big picture, can't get along and can't make change happen.

Most people don't seem to get it. If humanity doesn't get its act together, and soon. We're all fucked.

[Inspired2b]

@CiscoNast

wtf? the smiley was meant at PeXis to show friendliness! What's your problem...huh!!? gtfo