biosphere
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The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers new understanding of Earth's earliest biosphere.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2025
Various forms of evidence suggest that the biosphere was more productive during the Miocene compared to now, and that at higher latitudes, this effect was more pronounced.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
"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
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
Perhaps the biosphere does not “like” the idea of five billion humans.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
"By understanding the limits that apply to all living systems, we can better predict how cells, ecosystems, and even entire biospheres respond to changing environments."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
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
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Words to Live By: Bio
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