Flannery calls it "attempted Gaia-cide," a reference to the concept of the entire biosphere united as a single being.

The intent is to shut down the entire terrestrial biosphere.

This pathological process performed a vital function in preserving the human stock, with a side effect which benefitted the entire biosphere.

Microorganisms, by their omnipresence, impact the entire biosphere.

"Our marauder doesn't have to wipe out an entire biosphere if it isn't strategically necessary," Dax continued.

These could tilt the entire biosphere against many species, including us.

He does not see the entire biosphere as "one big pulsating organism."

The image that goes with the term is one of the entire biosphere of Earth being eventually converted to robot goo.

Theoretically, a change in one atom could change the entire biosphere.

They seemed intent on turning their entire biosphere into a teeming mass of humanity.