Biosphäre

German

Etymology

Coined by Austrian geologist Eduard Suess in 1875,[1] from Ancient Greek βιος (bios) and σφαῖρα (sphaîra). By surface analysis, bio- + Sphäre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Biosphäre f (genitive Biosphäre, plural Biosphären)

  1. biosphere

Declension

References

  1. Suess, Eduard (1875) Die Entstehung der Alpen, Vienna: W. Braumüller, page 159:[...] es lässt sich auf der Oberfläche des Festen eine selbständige Biosphäre unterscheiden.[...] on the surface of continents it is possible to single out an independent biosphere.

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