GAIA HYPOTHESIS - Idea that the Earth as a whole should be regarded as a living organism and that biological processes stabilize the environment. This hypothesis was first proposed by British biologist James Lovelock in 1969.
Gaia Hypothesis- named for the Greek Earth goddess Gaea, holds that the Earth as a whole should be regarded as a living organism and that biological processes stabilize the environment. First advanced by British biologist James Lovelock in 1969 ...
Gaia Hypothesis Named for the Greek Earth goddess Gaea, this hypothesis holds that the Earth should be regarded as a living organism. British biologist James Lovelock first advanced this idea in 1969.
Gaia hypothesis
The Gaia hypothesis is an ecology hypothesis proposing that the biosphere and the physical components of the Earth are closely integrated to form a complex system that maintains the climate and biogeochemistry conditions on Earth ...
The Gaia hypothesis stipulates that any planet with a robust population of life will have an atmosphere that is not in chemical equilibrium, which is relatively easy to determine from a distance by spectroscopy.
Gaia hypothesis (NASA Thesaurus) The hypothesis that the Earth's atmosphere, biosphere, and its living organisms behave as a single system striving to maintain a stability conducive to the existance of life. gain (NASA SP-7, 1965) 1.
See also: History of Earth, Gaia hypothesis, and Paleoclimatology
[edit] Earliest atmosphere ...
The Gaia Hypothesis asserts that the biosphere actively regulates it. More detailed information about Venus and Mars may provide clues.
How much more carbon dioxide can we dump into the Earth's atmosphere before it ends up like Venus?
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