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Noel Charlton, Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK: Philosophical Implications of The Gaia Theory.
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L.T. Collins (2024):
CyberGaia:
Earth as cyborg. Open access,
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11.
"... from a cybernetic perspective, nature and technology together represent an
inextricably connected network of signals and feedback, continuously developing
as an organic whole.
[...] seeing the world as an interconnected cybernetic network may help us to better understand
the biosphere in its totality while motivating us to take actions which help protect and
preserve CyberGaia’s diverse menagerie of human and nonhuman life ..."
Encyclopedia of Science: Gaia Hypothesis.
Environmentalists For Nuclear (sic!):
James Lovelock.
This web site has been reviewed and approved by James Lovelock himself, as they say.
Go to: Picture gallery.
Provided by the Internet Archive´s Wayback Machine.
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A. Free and N.H. Barton (2007):
Do
evolution and ecology need the Gaia hypothesis?
Trends in ecology & evolution, 22.
See likewise
here.
Note figure 2: Illustration of the range of spatial and temporal scaling necessary to extrapolate
from molecular and cellular processes to the biosphere.
"... Gaia theory, which describes the life–environment system
of the Earth as stable and self-regulating, has
remained at the fringes of mainstream biological science
[...] The key issue is whether and why the biosphere
might tend towards stability and self-regulation. We
review the various ways in which these issues have been
addressed by evolutionary and ecological theory, and
relate these to ‘Gaia theory’ ..."
! S.B. Hedges (2009): Life. PDF file, In: S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar (eds.): The Timetree of Life (see here).
Daniel Jeffares and Anthony Poole (an ActionBioscience.org original article):
Were
Bacteria the First Forms of Life on Earth?. In PDF.
Human cells can reveal evolutionary
history because they contain molecular fossils, exhibit mechanisms that were in development when life began, and
indicate that ancient organisms may be more complex than first thought.
Still available via Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
Lawrence E. Joseph, salon.com: James Lovelock, Gaia's grand old man. The scientist who first theorized that our planet is a biological organism, not merely a rock, discusses life on Earth and the possibilities for its future.
Mahesh Karnani and Arto Annila (2009): Gaia again. PDF file, BioSystems, 95: 82-87.
M. Alan Kazlev, Kheper website, Australia: The Gaia Hypothesis.
! V.J.W. Kirchner (2002): The Gaia hypothesis: Fact, theory, and wishful thinking. PDF file, Climatic Change.
J.W. Kirchner (1989): The Gaia hypothesis: can it be tested? PDF file, Rev. Geophys.
Brig Klyce, Cosmic Ancestry: GAIA.
Holger Lange, Lehrstuhl für Ökologische Modellbildung,
Universität Bayreuth, Germany:
Die
Gaia Hypothese
(in German).
Snapshot provided by the Internet Archive´s Wayback Machine.
B. Latour (2016): Why Gaia is not a God of Totality. Abstract, Theory, Culture & Society. See also: How to make sure Gaia is not a God of Totality?. In PDF.
! T.M. Lenton and D.M. Wilkinson (2003): Developing the Gaia Theory. A Response to the Criticisms of Kirchner and Volk. In PDF, Climatic Change.
! T.M. Lenton (1998): Gaia and natural selection. Abstract, Nature, 394. See also here (in PDF).
! James E. Lovelock (website by BBC Sci Tech News): "We can´t save the planet". Interviews by John Humphrys (videos).
! J.E. Lovelock and L. Margulis (1974): Atmosperic homeostasis by and for the biosphere: the gaia hypothesis. In PDF. See also here (Tellus).
! Stephen Miller (1989):
Gaia Hypothesis.
An introduction. All quotes from James Lovelock,
taken from The Ages of Gaia.
Still available via Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
Moehre.com (sic): Die GAIA-Hypothese (in German).
A.E. Nicholson et al. (2018): Gaian bottlenecks and planetary habitability maintained by evolving model biospheres: the ExoGaia model. Abstract, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477: 727–740. See also here (in PDF).
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E.G. Nisbet and N.H. Sleep (2001):
The
habitat and nature of early life.
PDF file, Nature, 409.
The link is to a version archived by the Internet Archive´s Wayback Machine.
Oxford University Press: James Lovelock, Gaia. A New Look at Life on Earth. Book announcement.
K.A. Peacock (2012): Symbiosis in Ecology and Evolution. In PDF; In: D.M. Gabbay, P. Thagard and J. Woods (eds.): Handbook of The Philosophy of Science: Philosophy of Ecology. San Diego.
Michael Pidwirny, Department of Geography, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. The main purpose of Physical Geography is to explain the spatial characteristics of the various natural phenomena that exist in Earth's hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. Go to: The Universe, Earth, Natural Spheres, and Gaia.
M. Piqueras (2010): Homage to Gaia. The life of an independent scientist. James E. Lovelock. Book review, PDF file, International Microbiology.
Hugh Rance, Queens College, CUNY:
The Present is the Key to the Past:
Topics in Historical Geology.
A textbook. Go to:
The Gaia metaphor.
This expired link
is available through the Internet Archive´s
Wayback Machine.
M. Romano (2015):
Reviewing
the term uniformitarianism in modern Earth sciences. In PDF,
Earth-Science Reviews, 148: 65–76.
See likewise
here.
! H.J. Schellnhuber (1999): "Earth system" analysis and the second Copernican revolution. Open access, Nature, 402.
Steve Smith, University of Wales, Bangor:
Gaiaweb.
These pages are dedicated to the ever changing Gaian theories that we have today. Go to:
Extracts, From Gaia to Global
Geophysiology.
These expired links are still available through the Internet Archive´s
Wayback Machine.
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W. Steffen et al, (2020):
The
emergence and evolution of Earth System Science. In PDF,
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1: 54–63.
See also
here.
"... ESS [Earth System Science] has produced new concepts and frameworks central to
the global-change discourse, including the Anthropocene, tipping elements and planetary
boundaries. Moving forward, the grand challenge for ESS is to achieve a deep integration
of biophysical processes and human dynamics to build a truly unified understanding of
the Earth System ..."
! H Tian et al. (2016): The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. In PDF, Nature. See also here (abstract).
G.J. Vermeij (2017): How the land became the locus of major evolutionary innovations. In PDF, Current Biology; 27: 3178–3182. See also here.
G.J. Vermeij (2015): Forbidden phenotypes and the limits of evolution. In PDF, Interface Focus 5: 20150028.
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Helmut Weissert
Geologie, ETH Zürich:
Evolution
der Biosphäre.
Bilder aus der Erdgeschichte.
PDF file, in German.
Now provided by the Internet Archive´s Wayback Machine.
! Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Gaia hypothesis.
D.M. Wilkinson (2012):
Paleontology
and Ecology: Their Common Origins and Later Split. In PDF.
In: J. Louys (ed.):
Paleontology
in Ecology and Conservation.
See also
here
(in PDF, slow download, 277 pages) and
there.
Mark W. Williams, Department of Geography,
University of Colorado, Boulder:
GAIA
lecture notes.
Powerpoint presentation.
See also
here and
there.
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