NASA Statement on Sustainability Study

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Text Size March 20, 2014 NASA Statement on Sustainability Study The following is a statement from NASA regarding erroneous media reports crediting the agency with an academic paper on population and societal impacts. "A soon-to-be published research paper 'Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY): Modeling Inequality and Use of Resources in the Collapse or Sustainability of Societies' by University of Maryland researchers Safa Motesharrei and Eugenia Kalnay, and University of Minnesota’s Jorge Rivas was not solicited, directed or reviewed by NASA. It is an independent study by the university researchers utilizing research tools developed for a separate NASA activity. "As is the case with all independent research, the views and conclusions in the paper are those of the authors alone. NASA does not endorse the paper or its conclusions." -end- Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 allard.beutel@xxxxxxxx Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0697 edward.s.campion@xxxxxxxx NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.     › Back To Top