On Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth
On Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth
One of the enduring questions about our planet is how it has remained continuously habitable over vast stretches of geological time despite the fact that its atmosphere and climate are potentially unstable. James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis posits that life itself has intervened in the regulation of the planetary environment in order to keep it stable and favorable for life. First proposed in the 1970s, Lovelock's hypothesis remains highly controversial and continues to provoke fierce debate. On Gaia undertakes the first in-depth investigation of the arguments put forward by Lovelock and others--and concludes that the evidence doesn't stack up in support of Gaia.
9780691121581
Princeton University Press
Tyrrell, Toby
6808411d-c9cf-47a3-88b6-c7c294f2d114
2013
Tyrrell, Toby
6808411d-c9cf-47a3-88b6-c7c294f2d114
Tyrrell, Toby
(2013)
On Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth
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Princeton Meadows, US.
Princeton University Press, 320pp.
Abstract
One of the enduring questions about our planet is how it has remained continuously habitable over vast stretches of geological time despite the fact that its atmosphere and climate are potentially unstable. James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis posits that life itself has intervened in the regulation of the planetary environment in order to keep it stable and favorable for life. First proposed in the 1970s, Lovelock's hypothesis remains highly controversial and continues to provoke fierce debate. On Gaia undertakes the first in-depth investigation of the arguments put forward by Lovelock and others--and concludes that the evidence doesn't stack up in support of Gaia.
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Published date: 2013
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Ocean and Earth Science
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/359349
ISBN: 9780691121581
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