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=Welcome to EarthsDiverseEnvironments!=

The Biosphere, which extends from the atmosphere serveral kilometers above the Earth to the depths of the oceans, is all the Earth that is inhabited by life. it encompasses a multitude of wildly diverse environments, some hospitable to life and others so hostile that the presence of any organism is surprising.

At the top of the world, the rocky slops of Mount Everest, in the eastern Himalayas, seems an unlikely place for living things to flourish. But in spite of the frigid air, thin soil, and brief growing season, meter-high stalks of //Rheum nobile// stand like pale candles against the blek landscape. in springtime, the alpinee meadows nearby are filled with the colorful blooms of dozens of species.