Charlie asked us to field the question, "what is the minimum area required to sustain one human being in terms of oxygen and food?" Marika Ottman brought this cultivation conundrum to Marco Springmann, the Senior Researcher on Environmental Sustainability and Public Health at the University of Oxford...

Question of the Week 18.07.31 - What is the minimum land area required to sustain one human being?

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Question of the Week 18.07.31 - What is the minimum land area required to sustain one human being?

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