biosphere
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The island was designated a Unesco biosphere reserve in 2019, which recognises the sustainable ways in which local people work with their natural environment.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Scherf and Lammer compared these potential biosphere lifetimes with how long it took life on Earth to evolve technology -- about 4.5 billion years -- and with the expected longevity of intelligent species.
From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 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
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
It might turn out that the same tendency underlies the joining of organisms into communities, communities into ecosystems, and ecosystems into the biosphere.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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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