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    The biosphere (from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) 'life' and σφαῖρα (sphaîra) 'sphere'), also called the ecosphere (from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) 'settlement...
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    University of Arizona Biosphere 2 is an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona. Its mission is to serve as a center...
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  • UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme, there are 308 biosphere reserves recognized as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and...
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  • Look up biosphere in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A biosphere is the part of a planet's shell where all life occurs. Biosphere may also refer to: Biosphere...
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    The Biosphere, also known as the Montreal Biosphere (French: Biosphère de Montréal, pronounced [bjɔsfɛʁ də mɔ̃ʁeal]), is a museum dedicated to the environment...
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    Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an intergovernmental scientific program, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis...
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    There are 18 biosphere reserves in India. They protect larger areas of natural habitat than a typical national park or animal sanctuary, and often include...
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    1962) is a Norwegian electronic musician and composer who records as Biosphere. A resident of Tromsø within the Arctic Circle, Jenssen is well known...
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  • Biosphere reserves are areas comprising terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems. Under UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme, there are 142 biosphere...
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  • The UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) covers internationally designated protected areas, known as biosphere or nature reserves, which are...
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  • Biosphere is a 2022 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mel Eslyn (in her feature length directorial debut) and written by Eslyn and Mark...
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    The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in the Nilgiri Mountains of the Western Ghats in South India. It is the largest protected forest area...
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  • Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve is located in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India, encompassing parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts. It is distinguished...
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  • A shadow biosphere is the hypothesis of a hypothetical microbial biosphere of Earth that would use radically different biochemical and molecular processes...
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    UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS), and 21 national parks are named UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BR), with eight national parks in both programs. Thirty states...
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  • Rare biosphere refers to a large number of rare species of microbial life, i.e. bacteria, archaea and fungi, that can be found in very low concentrations...
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    The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a non-use conservation area and biosphere reserve in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. The...
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    In climate science, a biosphere model, is used to model the biosphere of Earth, and can be coupled with atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs)...
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  • Biosphere Corporation is a Ukrainian manufacturer and distributor of household and hygiene products, founded in 1997 by Andriy Zdesenko. The production...
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    The deep biosphere is the part of the biosphere that resides below the first few meters of the ocean's surface. It extends 10 km (6.2 mi) below the continental...
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    An urban biosphere reserve is an attempt to apply the biosphere reserve concept to urban areas by the MAB Programme of UNESCO. Through urban planning and...
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  • The Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in the Indian state of West Bengal, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme list...
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  • (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserves are significant institutions of international status as described in the established order of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves...
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  • Noosa Biosphere Reserve is an internationally protected area covering the region of Noosa in Queensland, Australia. Also known as the Noosa Everglades...
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  • state of the biosphere, and described it as the planetary "sphere of reason". The noosphere represents the highest stage of biospheric development, that...
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    (Tuticorin) and Dhanushkodi. It is the core area of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve which includes a 10 km buffer zone around the park, including...
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  • The Kafa Biosphere Reserve is located in the Kafa Zone of Ethiopia approximately 460 km southwest of Addis Ababa. The Bonga National Forest Priority Area...
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    The Entlebuch Biosphere is a natural reserve at the foot of the Alps, and includes the 395 km2 valley of the Little Emme River between Bern and Lucerne...
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    Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve (Lithuanian: Žuvinto biosferos rezervatas) is a strict nature reserve located in the southeast of Lithuania, about 30 km east...
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    noted for his 1926 book The Biosphere in which he inadvertently worked to popularize Eduard Suess's 1875 term biosphere, by hypothesizing that life is...
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