Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis suggested that Earth could be considered a single, self-regulating organism.
James Lovelock, when he was 94, posing with one of his early inventions, a homemade gas chromatography device, used for measuring gas and molecules present in the atmosphere.
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Growing evidence suggests that the extinction of the dinosaurs involved profound, complex and interconnected changes to the global systems that support life. Much like we are facing today.
We have long wondered why Earth has stayed habitable enough for life to evolve over billions of years.
Extreme fire is part of life in places like San Diego, USA, pictured earlier this month. But local fire captain Richard Cordova says it’s “very odd for the month of May to have these types of fires”.
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Environmentalism is undergoing a radical transformation. New science has shown how long-held notions about trying to “save the planet” and preserve the life we have today no longer apply. Instead, a growing…
The Blue Marble: who’s pulling the strings here?
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It seems somewhat eccentric if not a little absurd to suggest that a planet is a living thing. Earth has life on it, but it’s not a biological organism. Any theory or argument which concludes that the…
Lovelock’s recent statements on climate change don’t seem to take account of the latest data.
Jonathan Cobb
Recent statements by James Lovelock, the distinguished physicist, are not easy to reconcile with his statements, writings and books over the years, including The Vanishing Face of Gaia; The Revenge of…
Is the earth a living organism?
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James Lovelock’s “Gaia hypothesis” has challenged conventional thinking about the nature of the earth as an integrated system. Gaia proposes that the earth acts like a living organism — that life is part…