After observing the fact that life developed only within strict limits of each compartment that makes up the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere, the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess proposed the term biosphere in 1875.
Ud fra en erkendelse af den kendsgerning, at livet kun udviklede sig inden for de snævre rammer, som afgrænser atmosfæren, hydrosfæren og lithosfæren, foreslog den østrigske geolog Eduard Suess begrebet biosfære i 1875.