The uncomfortable and inconvenient truth is that the physical resources of the biosphere are finite.

生物内的物质资源是有限的。

Which of these countries is home to the Sierra Gorda Ecological Region?

下列家是西拉格达生物保护区的发源地？

In 1998, futurist Philip Pauley designed an underwater colony called the Sub-Biosphere 2.

1998年，未来学家菲利普·保利设计了一名为“亚生物2号”的水下栖息地。

Never before has a single species determined the future of the entire biosphere.

以前从来没有一物种能够决定整生物的未来。

Natural ecosystems usually have more complicated food chains, however.

大自然生物中有很多更复杂的食物链。

It was generalized from the article that water is important in the development of biosphere.

文章归纳水在生物的发展中起着重要作用的观点。

Could humanity stop its destructive ways and restore balance to its relationship to its biosphere?

人类真的能停止破坏性的行为，重塑与生物的平衡关系吗？

The destruction of the biosphere will also intensify the warming and acidification of the Earth's oceans.

对生物的破坏也将加剧地球海洋的变暖和酸化。

At MIT, I develop the tools to try to decipher these potential alien biospheres.

在麻省理工学院，我开发了一些工具，想要破译这些潜在的外星生物。

Mosquito City's buzzing, whining biospheres mimic local field conditions, even down to banana plants and goats.

蚊子城市抱怨“生物”模拟当地野外条件的嗡嗡声甚至穿透至香蕉树和山羊群。

Humans, now the dominant species, will either lead the biosphere towards a flourishing future or to catastrophe.

人类——现在处于主导地位的物种，要么引领生物走向繁荣的未来，要么走向灾难。

The biosphere's director has only ten staffers to monitor a hundred and thirty-eight thousand acres of land.

生物的主管只有十名工作人员，来监督十三万八千英亩的土地。

The study drew on recent evidence from scientific studies of the Antarctic Ocean, atmosphere, cryosphere and biosphere.

这项研究利用了南极海洋、大气、冰冻和生物科学研究的最新证据。

We need to have the biosphere properly explored so that we can understand and competently manage it.

我们需要对生物正确地进行探测，唯有如此，我们才能把握其秘密，并更好的加以保护。

In 1997, her grassroots organization helped the region achieve biosphere reserve status protecting nearly 400,000 hectares of land.

1997年，她的生态小组帮助该地区建立了生物保护区，保护了近40万公顷土地。

The broiler chicken, Bennett says, is now a symbol of how the biosphere is unrecognizable from its pre-human state.

贝内特说，这只肉用鸡现在是生物从其原始人类状态无法识别的一象征。

With over 21 billion broiler chickens in existence, human production of the species has fundamentally reconfigured Earth's biosphere, researchers say.

研究人员称，人类生产的210亿只肉鸡从根本上改变了地球生物的结构。

By then, the Biospherians had divided into two opposing groups.

到那时，生物人已分成了两对立的团体。

The ownership of Biosphere 2 then changed several times over the years.

多年来，生物 2 号的所有权发生了数次变更。

Are longer, healthier lives for more humans worth the sacrifice of an impoverished biosphere?

为了更多的人更长寿、更健康的生活值得牺牲一贫瘠的生物吗？