biosphere
Example Sentences
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The biosphere reserve also serves as the main freshwater source for 5 million people in Mexico City.
From Washington Post
Indeed, soil holds roughly three-quarters of the organic carbon in Earth’s biosphere.
From Scientific American
But, reimagined for the 21st century, being “multiplanetary” could become less about pursuing some dubious extraterrestrial Manifest Destiny and more about finding bold ways to reduce our crushing collective weight on the biosphere.
From Scientific American
“It takes it from where? From the biosphere. And as we consume more, we throw out more waste. Where do we throw it? Back to the biosphere. That’s depletion, and that’s pollution.”
From Washington Post
Yet another foundational concept was that the economy does not exist apart from the Earth’s biosphere but within it, and that its scale is limited by its reliance on finite natural resources.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
