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On land, vegetation appears on a scale from brown (low vegetation) to dark green (heavy vegetation); at the ocean surface, phytoplankton are indicated on a scale from purple (low) to yellow (high). This visualization was created with data from satellites including SeaWiFS, and instruments including
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as 10. This is much larger than the total number of estimated stars (and Earth-like planets) in the observable universe as 10, a number which is more than all the grains of beach sand on planet Earth; but less than the total number of atoms estimated in the observable universe as 10; and the
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into the Earth's crust. The rate at which the temperature increases depends on many factors, including the type of crust (continental vs. oceanic), rock type, geographic location, etc. The greatest known temperature at which microbial life can exist is 122 °C (252 °F)
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Glud, Ronnie; Wenzhöfer, Frank; Middelboe, Mathias; Oguri, Kazumasa; Turnewitsch, Robert; Canfield, Donald E.; Kitazato, Hiroshi (17 March 2013). "High rates of microbial carbon turnover in sediments in the deepest oceanic trench on Earth".
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at least 19 km (12 mi) deep underground, and at least 64 km (40 mi) high in the atmosphere. Marine life under many forms has been found in the deepest reaches of the
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Ohtomo, Yoko; Kakegawa, Takeshi; Ishida, Akizumi; Nagase, Toshiro; Rosing, Minik T. (8 December 2013). "Evidence for biogenic graphite in early Archaean Isua metasedimentary rocks".
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of Earth's biosphere; i.e., artificial Earth-like biospheres. Others may include the creation of artificial non-Earth biospheres—for example, human-centered biospheres or a native
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team, it has been calculated that provided the probability of abiogenesis is higher than 1 to 1000, the closest alien biosphere should be within 100 light-years from the Earth.
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Horneck G; Eschweiler U; Reitz G; Wehner J; Willimek R; Strauch K. (1995). "Biological responses to space: results of the experiment "Exobiological Unit" of ERA on EURECA I".
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of Quebec, Canada that were as old as 4.28 billion years, the oldest record of life on earth, suggesting "an almost instantaneous emergence of life" after
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Dodd, Matthew S.; Papineau, Dominic; Grenne, Tor; Slack, John F.; Rittner, Martin; Pirajno, Franco; O'Neil, Jonathan; Little, Crispin T. S. (2 March 2017).
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In a general sense, biospheres are any closed, self-regulating systems containing ecosystems. This includes artificial biospheres such as
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on the Earth is estimated to be 10; the total number since the beginning of Earth, as 10, and the total number for the entire time of a
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live up to 3,050 m (10,010 ft; 1.90 mi). Herbivorous animals at these elevations depend on lichens, grasses, and herbs.
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No biospheres have been detected beyond the Earth; therefore, the existence of extraterrestrial biospheres remains hypothetical. The
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composite of global oceanic and terrestrial photoautotroph abundance, from September 2001 to August 2017. Provided by the
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Nobel Laureate for his work on decomposition of ozone talking to Harry Kroto Nobel Laureate by the Vega Science Trust.
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the NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer.
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Zhang, K. Dose; A. Bieger-Dose; R. Dillmann; M. Gill; O. Kerz (1995). "ERA-experiment "space biochemistry"".
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have demonstrated that microbes live deep beneath the Earth's terrestrial surface and that the total mass of
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marine microbes have been found at more than a depth of 10,000 m (33,000 ft; 6.2 mi) in the
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scene on Earth, simultaneously showing the lithosphere (ground), hydrosphere (ocean) and atmosphere (air)
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It is also possible that artificial biospheres will be created in the future, for example with the
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issue, covers virtually every major concern and concept since debated regarding materials and
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live at elevations as high as 5,400 m (17,700 ft; 3.4 mi) above sea level;
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Bell, Elizabeth A.; Boehnike, Patrick; Harrison, T. Mark; et al. (19 October 2015).
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
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Geochemists define the biosphere as being the total sum of living organisms (the "
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to map the past, current and future impacts of human activities on the biosphere
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and their relationships, including their interaction with the elements of the
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This article is about the sum of all ecosystems. For the sum of all planetary
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migrate at altitudes of at least 8,300 m (27,200 ft; 5.2 mi);
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Biosphere J (CEEF, Closed Ecology Experiment Facilities), an experiment in
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microorganisms—which includes bacteria and archaea, but not the nucleated
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The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
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Under certain test conditions, microorganisms have been observed to
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The Second International Conference on Closed Life Systems defined
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On the abundance of extraterrestrial life after the Kepler mission
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T. Bovaird, T.; Lineweaver, C.H.; Jacobsen, S.K. (13 March 2015).
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could possibly contain biospheres. Given limited understanding of
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Life forms live in every part of the Earth's biosphere, including
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life. In contrast, most of the more populous biomes lie near the
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Campbell, Neil A.; Brad Williamson; Robin J. Heyden (2006).
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Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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Stromatolite fossil estimated at 3.2–3.6 billion years old
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Nealson, Kenneth H.; Zeki, S.; Conrad, Pamela G. (1999).
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suggests they should be very rare, save ones composed of
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Strain 116). It is likely that the limit of life in the "
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Rare earth: why complex life is uncommon in the universe
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There are more extreme examples for life on the planet:
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and, generally speaking, all life and Earth sciences.
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is estimated as 5 × 10 g. The mass of
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The term "biosphere" was coined in 1875 by geologist
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Crockford, Peter W.; et al. (6 November 2023).
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4.54 billion years ago. According to biologist
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(1994). 1525:"Emergence of life in an inflationary universe" 1058: 1056: 405:biosphere—as part of the topic of biospherics. 4705:Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 2323: 2321: 1724: 1722: 1633:"Oldest fossil found: Meet your microbial mom" 1275:"The geologic history of primary productivity" 4937: 4830: 3807: 3391: 2966: 2053:. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017 1820:Early edition, published online before print. 698:. On land, biomes are separated primarily by 397:as the science and technology of analogs and 222:matter, such as simple organic compounds) or 166:, with minimal inputs and outputs. Regarding 146: 'sphere'), is the worldwide sum of all 8: 767:, United States, 3.15 acres (13,000 m). 493:) were announced to have been discovered in 2735:(2nd rev. ed.). New York: Copernicus. 1943:"Earliest evidence of life on Earth 'found" 1336:"How many stars are there in the Universe?" 1214:Dictionary of Forestry and Wildlife Science 1001:, 6th ed. (2004) Columbia University Press. 582:of 11,300 metres (37,100 feet; 7.0 miles); 5803: 5537: 4965: 4944: 4930: 4922: 4837: 4823: 4815: 4776: 3814: 3800: 3792: 3398: 3384: 3376: 3224: 2973: 2959: 2951: 2884:. This book, originally the December 1970 2330:"Microbes Thrive in Deepest Spot on Earth" 686:Earth's biosphere is divided into several 316:as the science of the biosphere. It is an 4716:Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) 2729:Ward, Peter D.; Brownlee, Donald (2004). 2677: 2628: 2550: 2499: 2489: 2276: 1858: 1805: 1795: 1702: 1570: 1560: 1542: 1462: 1452: 1036: 4744:UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2837:Zubrin, Robert; Wagner, Richard (2011). 2010:University of Georgia (25 August 1998). 186:definition, the biosphere is the global 158:. The biosphere (which is technically a 33: 2086:Fox-Skelly, Jasmin (24 November 2015). 987: 824:may be quite numerous, at least in the 4314:Corporate environmental responsibility 2799:from the original on 25 September 2017 2705:"Institute for Environmental Sciences" 2064: 702:. Terrestrial biomes lying within the 481:. More recently, in 2015, "remains of 427:estimated total number of stars in an 210:. The biosphere is postulated to have 129: 'settlement, house' and 2787:Rees, Sir Martin (22 February 2017). 2445:from the original on 16 December 2014 2240:from the original on 10 November 2014 2100:from the original on 25 November 2016 2024:from the original on 10 November 2014 1631:Borenstein, Seth (13 November 2013). 1381:from the original on 28 December 2022 752:Experimental biospheres, also called 503:ocean formation 4.4 billion years ago 16:Global sum of all ecosystems on Earth 7: 4687:Brundtlandt Commission Report (1983) 3750: 1729:Borenstein, Seth (19 October 2015). 1523:Totani, Tomonori (3 February 2020). 1504:from the original on 1 December 2023 1471:from the original on 1 December 2023 1414:from the original on 1 December 2023 1348:from the original on 17 January 2020 1254:from the original on 1 December 2023 473:found in 3.48 billion-year-old 150:. It can also be termed the zone of 3774: 2768:from the original on 24 August 2017 2588:from the original on 22 August 2014 1118:from the original on 3 October 2013 547:Every part of the planet, from the 458:found in 3.7 billion-year-old 164:closed system with regard to matter 4329:Environmental full-cost accounting 2756:Choi, Charles Q. (21 March 2011). 2328:Choi, Charles Q. (17 March 2013). 2278:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10440.x 1374:Swinburne University of Technology 774:at the Institute of Biophysics in 540:, a barophilic organism, from the 431:(observed and unobserved), as 10. 14: 4263:Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity 2409:from the original on 2 April 2013 2340:from the original on 2 April 2013 2043:Hadhazy, Adam (12 January 2015). 1955:from the original on 2 March 2017 1922:from the original on 2 March 2017 1886:from the original on 23 July 2018 1645:from the original on 29 June 2015 1212:Bebarta, Kailash Chandra (2011). 802:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 622:survive the vacuum of outer space 269:, who defined it as the place on 104: 'sphere'), also called the 6005: 6004: 4775: 4764: 4763: 4733:UN Millennium Declaration (2000) 3773: 3761: 3749: 3731: 3730: 3469: 3360: 3359: 1367:Mackie, Glen (1 February 2002). 1179:Möller, Detlev (December 2010). 1013:"Life: past, present and future" 888: 874: 860: 4319:Corporate social responsibility 4248:Ocean thermal energy conversion 4187:Community-supported agriculture 3872:Human impact on the environment 3708:Human impact on the environment 2711:from the original on 2011-11-08 2686:from the original on 2012-03-18 2523:Fox, Douglas (20 August 2014). 1183:Chemistry of the Climate System 1083:from the original on 2014-11-02 935:Man and the Biosphere Programme 666:increases with increasing depth 418:Currently, the total number of 4559:Socially responsible marketing 3616:Public transport encouragement 2397:Oskin, Becky (14 March 2013). 1941:Ghosh, Pallab (1 March 2017). 820:life only. On the other hand, 690:, inhabited by fairly similar 243:ones on other planets or moons 214:, beginning with a process of 1: 4750:Sustainable Development Goals 4554:Socially responsible business 2574:Mack, Eric (20 August 2014). 2259:Takamia; et al. (1997). 2233:Aspen Global Change Institute 1974:Dunham, Will (1 March 2017). 1741:Mindspark Interactive Network 1490:Baker, Harry (11 July 2021). 839:Based on observations by the 218:(life created naturally from 170:, it is an open system, with 4970:Pollution / quality 2660:Nakano; et al. (1998). 2205:10.1016/0273-1177(95)00279-N 2162:10.1016/0273-1177(95)00280-R 1776:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 1400:Mack, Eric (19 March 2015). 920:Circumstellar habitable zone 4579:Sustainability organization 4364:Standards and certification 3955:Social return on investment 3606:Natural resource management 2301:"National Geographic, 2005" 808:Extraterrestrial biospheres 451:for life on Earth includes 52:Goddard Space Flight Center 6062: 4004:Systemic change resistance 2611:; Lisovsky GM (Oct 1997). 2142:Advances in Space Research 1562:10.1038/s41598-020-58060-0 654:northwestern United States 249:Origin and use of the term 132: 115: 90: 73: 29:Biosphere (disambiguation) 18: 6000: 5806: 5541:Types / location 4852: 4759: 4182:Climate-smart agriculture 3829: 3726: 3518:Environmental engineering 3467: 3355: 3268: 3227: 2904:environmental degradation 2265:FEMS Microbiology Letters 2121:CIESM Workshop Monographs 2071:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 1301:10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.040 1169:. Vienna: W. Braunmuller. 999:The Columbia Encyclopedia 754:closed ecological systems 710:are relatively barren of 505:, and not long after the 408: 87: 'life' and 4324:Environmental accounting 4073:Sustainable architecture 4063:Environmental technology 3601:Environmental technology 3550:Environmental toxicology 3545:Environmental statistics 3540:Environmental humanities 2843:. Simon & Schuster. 1167:Die Entstehung Der Alpen 634:eukaryote microorganisms 617:remains to be explored. 320:concept for integrating 280:While the concept has a 178:at a rate of around 100 4197:Sustainable agriculture 3513:Environmental economics 3436:Environmental chemistry 1797:10.1073/pnas.1517557112 1187:. 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(1875) 1076:978-0-13-250882-7 708:Antarctic Circles 576:Rüppell's vulture 529:Rüppell's vulture 499:Nuvvuagittuq Belt 495:hydrothermal vent 479:Western Australia 464:Western Greenland 449:earliest evidence 409:Earth's biosphere 356:Narrow definition 318:interdisciplinary 162:) is virtually a 6053: 6008: 6007: 5959: 5906:Natural heritage 5865:overexploitation 5804: 5538: 5484:herbal medicines 5464:FAO Plant Treaty 5004: 4981: 4966: 4946: 4939: 4932: 4923: 4912: 4839: 4832: 4825: 4816: 4779: 4778: 4767: 4766: 4711:Agenda 21 (1992) 4682: 4647:Natural resource 4534:Organic movement 4509:Impact investing 4228:Hydroelectricity 4202:Sustainable diet 4154:Renewable energy 4149:Carbon footprint 4131:Invasive species 4068:Natural building 4019:World population 3980:Marketing myopia 3940:Over-consumption 3910:Circular economy 3905:Anti-consumerism 3862:Environmentalism 3816: 3809: 3802: 3793: 3777: 3776: 3765: 3753: 3752: 3734: 3733: 3656:Waste management 3646:Urban metabolism 3641:Sewage treatment 3631:Renewable energy 3473: 3400: 3393: 3386: 3377: 3363: 3362: 3235: 3225: 3165:tropical cyclone 3115: 2975: 2968: 2961: 2952: 2892:energy resources 2855: 2854: 2834: 2828: 2815: 2809: 2808: 2806: 2804: 2784: 2778: 2777: 2775: 2773: 2753: 2747: 2746: 2726: 2720: 2719: 2717: 2716: 2701: 2695: 2694: 2692: 2691: 2681: 2672:(617): 107–114. 2657: 2651: 2650: 2632: 2604: 2598: 2597: 2595: 2593: 2571: 2565: 2564: 2554: 2520: 2514: 2513: 2503: 2493: 2476:(5): 1810–1813. 2461: 2455: 2454: 2452: 2450: 2429:Morelle, Rebecca 2425: 2419: 2418: 2416: 2414: 2394: 2388: 2387: 2384:10.1038/ngeo1773 2356: 2350: 2349: 2347: 2345: 2325: 2316: 2315: 2313: 2312: 2303:. 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Index

spheres
Ecosphere (planetary)
Biosphere (disambiguation)

false color
SeaWiFS
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
ORBIMAGE
Ancient Greek
βίος
σφαῖρα
Ancient Greek
οἶκος
σφαῖρα
ecosystems
life
Earth
spherical shell
closed system with regard to matter
energy
photosynthesis
solar energy
terawatts
biophysiological
ecological
living beings
lithosphere
cryosphere
hydrosphere

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