shadow biosphere

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics

Read Next

Blackboard inscribed with scientific formulas and calculations in physics and mathematics

The World Science Festival’s Pioneers in Science

Model of global ocean currents and temperatures

How Do Ocean Currents Affect the Biosphere?

Laboratory glassware (beakers)

5 Quizzes That Will Tell You Whether You Should Have Been a Scientist

Discover

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Apollo 12 astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad stands beside the U.S. flag after is was unfurled on the lunar surface during the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) Nov. 19, 1969. Footprints made by the crew can be seen in the photograph.

How Many People Have Been to the Moon?

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

Shoebill. A Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps rex), aka 'Whalehead' standing in shallow marsh. Resides in tropical East Africa. A very large bird related to the storks. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill.

Funky Feathers: 10 Bizarre Birds

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why We Celebrate MLK Day

Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles

Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

Black widow spider

9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders

shadow biosphere: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Topics

extremophile biosphere population biogeographic region biodiversity trophic pyramid ecosystem biogeochemical cycle natural disaster community biomass biotic potential