biophysical
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- adjective
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈfɪzɪkəl/
- Specialized
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biofísico
- Researchers examined how biophysical elements influence the health of aquatic ecosystems.
- biophysical environment
- biophysical carrying capacity
- biophysical constraints
Examples
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Understanding biophysical factors is crucial for predicting how species adapt to climate change.
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However, important feedbacks between social and biophysical factors have been found in Baltimore.
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And while science may be able to to identify biophysical issues, it cannot tell us how to react.
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We present four findings of relationships between biophysical and social patterns and processes.
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But the ability to forecast consequences within particular biophysical and economic settings is only beginning to emerge.
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In essence, although both are important drivers of social and biophysical processes, race and class can act separately.
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We first describe the current demographic situation and then examine various biophysical and social dimensions of carrying capacity.
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Emphasize social and economic aspects of research and adaptive management, in addition to the biophysical aspect.
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Africans continue to face biophysical obstacles involving low and variable rainfall, weathered soils, and persistent diseases.
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The scientists studied the biophysical interactions between plants and their soil environment.
Synonyms
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About how plants and animals live with their environment
About how living things and their environment affect each other
Relating to how living things and their surroundings affect each other
About how plants and animals live in and use their environment
Connected with the study of how living things interact with their environment
How Physical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Biophysical comes from bio- meaning 'life', the same start as biology, and physical meaning 'matter' or the 'physical world'. So biophysical describes how living things and their physical environment affect each other.