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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). 1536:"Emergence of life in an inflationary universe" 1069: 1067: 416:biosphere—as part of the topic of biospherics. 4716:Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 2334: 2332: 1735: 1733: 1644:"Oldest fossil found: Meet your microbial mom" 1286:"The geologic history of primary productivity" 4948: 4841: 3818: 3402: 2977: 2064:. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017 1831:Early edition, published online before print. 709:. On land, biomes are separated primarily by 408:as the science and technology of analogs and 233:matter, such as simple organic compounds) or 177:, with minimal inputs and outputs. Regarding 157: 'sphere'), is the worldwide sum of all 8: 778:, United States, 3.15 acres (13,000 m). 504:) were announced to have been discovered in 2746:(2nd rev. ed.). New York: Copernicus. 1954:"Earliest evidence of life on Earth 'found" 1347:"How many stars are there in the Universe?" 1225:Dictionary of Forestry and Wildlife Science 1012:, 6th ed. (2004) Columbia University Press. 593:of 11,300 metres (37,100 feet; 7.0 miles); 5814: 5548: 4976: 4955: 4941: 4933: 4848: 4834: 4826: 4787: 3825: 3811: 3803: 3409: 3395: 3387: 3235: 2984: 2970: 2962: 2895:. This book, originally the December 1970 2341:"Microbes Thrive in Deepest Spot on Earth" 697:Earth's biosphere is divided into several 327:as the science of the biosphere. It is an 4727:Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) 2740:Ward, Peter D.; Brownlee, Donald (2004). 2688: 2639: 2561: 2510: 2500: 2287: 1869: 1816: 1806: 1713: 1581: 1571: 1553: 1473: 1463: 1047: 4755:UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2848:Zubrin, Robert; Wagner, Richard (2011). 2021:University of Georgia (25 August 1998). 197:definition, the biosphere is the global 169:. The biosphere (which is technically a 44: 2097:Fox-Skelly, Jasmin (24 November 2015). 998: 835:may be quite numerous, at least in the 4325:Corporate environmental responsibility 2810:from the original on 25 September 2017 2716:"Institute for Environmental Sciences" 2075: 713:. Terrestrial biomes lying within the 492:. More recently, in 2015, "remains of 438:estimated total number of stars in an 221:. The biosphere is postulated to have 140: 'settlement, house' and 2798:Rees, Sir Martin (22 February 2017). 2456:from the original on 16 December 2014 2251:from the original on 10 November 2014 2111:from the original on 25 November 2016 2035:from the original on 10 November 2014 1642:Borenstein, Seth (13 November 2013). 1392:from the original on 28 December 2022 763:Experimental biospheres, also called 514:ocean formation 4.4 billion years ago 27:Global sum of all ecosystems on Earth 7: 4698:Brundtlandt Commission Report (1983) 3761: 1740:Borenstein, Seth (19 October 2015). 1534:Totani, Tomonori (3 February 2020). 1515:from the original on 1 December 2023 1482:from the original on 1 December 2023 1425:from the original on 1 December 2023 1359:from the original on 17 January 2020 1265:from the original on 1 December 2023 484:found in 3.48 billion-year-old 161:. It can also be termed the zone of 3785: 2779:from the original on 24 August 2017 2599:from the original on 22 August 2014 1129:from the original on 3 October 2013 558:Every part of the planet, from the 469:found in 3.7 billion-year-old 175:closed system with regard to matter 4340:Environmental full-cost accounting 2767:Choi, Charles Q. (21 March 2011). 2339:Choi, Charles Q. (17 March 2013). 2289:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10440.x 1385:Swinburne University of Technology 785:at the Institute of Biophysics in 551:, a barophilic organism, from the 442:(observed and unobserved), as 10. 25: 4274:Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity 2420:from the original on 2 April 2013 2351:from the original on 2 April 2013 2054:Hadhazy, Adam (12 January 2015). 1966:from the original on 2 March 2017 1933:from the original on 2 March 2017 1897:from the original on 23 July 2018 1656:from the original on 29 June 2015 1223:Bebarta, Kailash Chandra (2011). 813:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 633:survive the vacuum of outer space 280:, who defined it as the place on 115: 'sphere'), also called the 6016: 6015: 4786: 4775: 4774: 4744:UN Millennium Declaration (2000) 3784: 3772: 3760: 3742: 3741: 3480: 3371: 3370: 1378:Mackie, Glen (1 February 2002). 1190:Möller, Detlev (December 2010). 1024:"Life: past, present and future" 899: 885: 871: 4330:Corporate social responsibility 4259:Ocean thermal energy conversion 4198:Community-supported agriculture 3883:Human impact on the environment 3719:Human impact on the environment 2722:from the original on 2011-11-08 2697:from the original on 2012-03-18 2534:Fox, Douglas (20 August 2014). 1194:Chemistry of the Climate System 1094:from the original on 2014-11-02 946:Man and the Biosphere Programme 677:increases with increasing depth 429:Currently, the total number of 4570:Socially responsible marketing 3627:Public transport encouragement 2408:Oskin, Becky (14 March 2013). 1952:Ghosh, Pallab (1 March 2017). 831:life only. On the other hand, 701:, inhabited by fairly similar 254:ones on other planets or moons 225:, beginning with a process of 1: 4761:Sustainable Development Goals 4565:Socially responsible business 2585:Mack, Eric (20 August 2014). 2270:Takamia; et al. (1997). 2244:Aspen Global Change Institute 1985:Dunham, Will (1 March 2017). 1752:Mindspark Interactive Network 1501:Baker, Harry (11 July 2021). 850:Based on observations by the 229:(life created naturally from 181:, it is an open system, with 4981:Pollution / quality 2671:Nakano; et al. (1998). 2216:10.1016/0273-1177(95)00279-N 2173:10.1016/0273-1177(95)00280-R 1787:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 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(1875) 1087:978-0-13-250882-7 719:Antarctic Circles 587:Rüppell's vulture 540:Rüppell's vulture 510:Nuvvuagittuq Belt 506:hydrothermal vent 490:Western Australia 475:Western Greenland 460:earliest evidence 420:Earth's biosphere 367:Narrow definition 329:interdisciplinary 173:) is virtually a 16:(Redirected from 6064: 6019: 6018: 5970: 5917:Natural heritage 5876:overexploitation 5815: 5549: 5495:herbal medicines 5475:FAO Plant Treaty 5015: 4992: 4977: 4957: 4950: 4943: 4934: 4923: 4850: 4843: 4836: 4827: 4790: 4789: 4778: 4777: 4722:Agenda 21 (1992) 4693: 4658:Natural resource 4545:Organic movement 4520:Impact investing 4239:Hydroelectricity 4213:Sustainable diet 4165:Renewable energy 4160:Carbon footprint 4142:Invasive species 4079:Natural building 4030:World population 3991:Marketing myopia 3951:Over-consumption 3921:Circular economy 3916:Anti-consumerism 3873:Environmentalism 3827: 3820: 3813: 3804: 3788: 3787: 3776: 3764: 3763: 3745: 3744: 3667:Waste management 3657:Urban metabolism 3652:Sewage treatment 3642:Renewable energy 3484: 3411: 3404: 3397: 3388: 3374: 3373: 3246: 3236: 3176:tropical cyclone 3126: 2986: 2979: 2972: 2963: 2903:energy resources 2866: 2865: 2845: 2839: 2826: 2820: 2819: 2817: 2815: 2795: 2789: 2788: 2786: 2784: 2764: 2758: 2757: 2737: 2731: 2730: 2728: 2727: 2712: 2706: 2705: 2703: 2702: 2692: 2683:(617): 107–114. 2668: 2662: 2661: 2643: 2615: 2609: 2608: 2606: 2604: 2582: 2576: 2575: 2565: 2531: 2525: 2524: 2514: 2504: 2487:(5): 1810–1813. 2472: 2466: 2465: 2463: 2461: 2440:Morelle, Rebecca 2436: 2430: 2429: 2427: 2425: 2405: 2399: 2398: 2395:10.1038/ngeo1773 2367: 2361: 2360: 2358: 2356: 2336: 2327: 2326: 2324: 2323: 2314:. 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Index

Ecosphere (ecology)
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

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