biosphere
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"By comparing ecological ways of life for extinct and modern species, we can understand how patterns of adaptive evolution have changed through time and what factors shaped the modern biosphere."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
"We must protect our biosphere - it is not a zero-sum game," he added, pointing to a recent report by the Office for National Statistics that valued UK ecosystems at £1.8tn.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
The apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump sent shock waves through the geo-political biosphere, as U.S. leaders chimed in to condemn the attack.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2024
In contrast, land habitats make up less than 1 percent of the planet’s biosphere because the band of life is so narrow, making its volume quite small.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
When viruses come out of an ecosystem, they tend to spread in waves through the human population, like echoes from the dying biosphere.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
With more than 250,000 known species, nematodes comprise the world's most abundant animal phylum in both aquatic and terrestrial biospheres.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
Might biospheres someday be found eking out existence around post-red giant stars or on worlds without a star at all?
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
Maine’s messy dilemma reflects how climate change is transforming biospheres the world over by expanding the northward range of parasites.
From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2022
Even if plants do succeed in adapting to climate change by changing their location or schedule, they’re not alone in their biospheres.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2019
The habitable zone concept focuses on this requirement for surface liquid water—even though we know that subsurface habitable conditions could prevail at more distant orbits—exactly because these worlds would have biospheres detectable at a distance.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Vocabulary lists containing biosphere
Words to Live By: Bio
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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