In fact, a given primary flow (a flow getting into the technosphere from the biosphere) can only be generated by either a fund element (e.g., the biomass produced in a hectare of land) or by the depletion of a stock (e.g., the mining of coal or the extraction of oil). In the...
Brown are trapped in "Biosphere." Credit: IFC Two best bros plus trouble in a bubble equals good times, as established by the 1996 comedy Bio-Dome. This year's sci-fi sleeper, Biosphere, holds true to this formula, and though it doesn't boast the daffy '90s whimsicality of the ...
the key factors that affecting the development of the forestry industry, such as climate, soil, and tree varieties, also have significant regional differences. However, on the one hand, China, as a large country with coordinated management and development, its macroeconomic...
This spatial perspective on irrecoverable carbon and its conservation status can inform upcoming efforts to manage the biosphere, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework as well as upcoming revisions of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to...
Mangroves can help soften waves and protect （5） （city） from coastal winds.For these reasons，they are praised as "coastal guardians".Up to now，China （6） （establish）a number of protected areas with mangroves.C Nina has run marathons in 32 countries.All of her runs h...
Several researchers have examined the integration of CE into an industrial system (Hobson 2016; Hultman and Corvellec 2012; Iung and Levrat 2014) where material flows circulate at a high rate without entering the biosphere (WRF 2012). Τhe importance of a closed-loop system is underlined by ...
So it looks like shamans really are communicating with the plants via biophoton emissions. The biosphere is constantly interacting with us, trying to guide us and share its vast knowledge and wisdom. The earth is surrounded by and teeming with DNA in a global network. Before life began, this...
7and was declared a National Heritage Site by the Brazilian Constitution of 1988 and a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 20007,8. However, jaguar population is increasingly threatened in the Pantanal1,5due to the accelerated intensification of land use within the biome and adjacent areas. The main...
Ecosystems and the biosphere as complex adaptive systems. Ecosystems 1, 431–436 (1998). Google Scholar D’Souza, G. et al. Less is more: selective advantages can explain the prevalent loss of biosynthetic genes in bacteria. Evolution 68, 2559–2570 (2014). Google Scholar Pascual-Garcia,...
The biosphere establishes the bio-physical boundaries within which all human socio-economic activities develop, and surpassing these boundaries leads to detrimental effects on the capacity of the planetary ecosystem to regenerate itself. Despite that, the current rate of resource consumption globally has ...