On the Terminology of Biosphere and Ecosphere
On the Terminology of Biosphere and Ecosphere is a scholarly work, published in 1969 in ''Nature''. The main subjects of the publication include terminology, Early Earth, Black Sea, ecology, hydrosphere, Earth science, earth, biosphere, abiogenesis, standard atmosphere, astrobiology, and ecosphere. By biosphere, modern biologists mean the part of the Earth's crust (lithosphere and hydrosphere) and of the lower parts of the Earth's atmosphere (troposphere) where life is present, together with the living organisms themselves.