The biosphere encompasses all ecosystems around the globe, including the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. However, ...

A new study maps the planetary boundary of "functional biosphere integrity" in spatial detail and over centuries. It finds that 60% of global land areas are now already outside the locally defined ...

They lived for two years and 20 minutes under the glass of a miniature Earth, complete with an ocean, rain forest, desert, grasslands and mangroves. Their air and water were recycled, and they grew ...

A new short film is set to highlight what has been described as "one of Britain's most remote and fragile natural habitats". The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere (GSAB) covers almost 9,800 sq ...