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biosphere

[bahy-uh-sfeer] / ˈbaɪ əˌsfɪər /
NOUN
environment
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The charity said it had been a recurring problem in the town since 2022, which "makes a mockery of our biosphere status and gives a terrible impression of our island's attitude towards wildlife".

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

A planet with ten percent carbon dioxide -- if located farther from its sun or orbiting a dimmer, younger star -- could support a biosphere for up to 4.2 billion years.

From Science Daily Oct. 12, 2025

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

The emergence of aids, Ebola, and any number of other rain-forest agents appears to be a natural consequence of the ruin of the tropical biosphere.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Each features significant changes as a complex ocean biosphere diversified, forests proliferated and terrestrial biospheres flourished, influencing the mix of oxygen and other gasses in the atmosphere.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 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

We are doing what bacteria do, heating the climate system with our waste, while also driving mass extinction by destroying local biospheres and filling the liquid parts of our planet with plastics.

From Scientific American Dec. 19, 2019

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

We need to understand that we might not be able to detect biospheres even if they exist.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016




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