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However, not every definition of life considers all of these properties to be essential. Human-made analogs of life may also be considered to be life. The biosphere is the part of Earth's outer shell—including land, surface rocks, water, air and the atmosphere—within which life occurs, and which biotic processes
31. "One touch of nature makes all the world kin." 32. "I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men.
The decidedly picturesque north-eastern region of the United States, known as New England, makes a gorgeous stage for one of the most formidable colour changes on the planet when the spectacular greens of summer make way for the glittering golds and ravenous reds of autumn. The first episode shows how this fantastic fiesta is generated by the ...
Matters are complicated by the fact that the words nature and natural have more than one meaning. On the one hand there is the main dictionary meaning for nature: "The phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations."
Two long-horned bees balancing on a flower, a fossilized dinosaur bone viewed through a microscope and a scientist giving a bird drops of medicine were all captured in stunning photographs that ...
Some conservationists are now asking: Is nature’s 3.6 billion-year-old code of life in need of a reboot?
A body of water is considered a lake when it is inland, is not part of an ocean and is larger and deeper than a pond. [9] [10] A swamp area in Everglades National Park, Florida, US. Natural lakes on Earth are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones and areas with ongoing or recent glaciation.
Nature's Great Events is a wildlife documentary series made for BBC television, first shown in the UK on BBC One and BBC HD in February 2009. The series looks at how seasonal changes powered by the sun cause shifting weather patterns and ocean currents, which in turn create the conditions for some of the planet's most spectacular wildlife events.