See Also: biosphere(dictionary)
biosphere(encyclopedia)
biosphere(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve(tourism)
Dalton's law(medicine)
dalton(dictionary)
Dalton(medicine)
Dalton brothers(encyclopedia)
Dalton plan(dictionary)

Dalton, John (medicine) and biosphere (sh)


Dalton, John (medicine)


Dalton, John
<person>English chemist, mathematician, and natural philosopher, 1766-1844.

See: Dalton's law, Dalton-Henry law, daltonian, daltonism.


biosphere (sh)




Relatively thin life-supporting stratum of the earth's surface, extending from a few miles into the atmosphere to the deep-sea vents of the oceans.

The biosphere is a global ecosystem that can be broken down into Regional or local ecosystems, or biomes. Organisms in the biosphere are classified into trophic levels (see Food chain) and communities.