Scientists on Gaia

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Scientists on Gaia

edited by Stephen H. Schneider and Penelope J. Boston

MIT Press, c1991

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Based on papers delivered at the American Geophysical Union's annual Chapman Conference in March, 1988, in San Diego, Calif

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

The Gaia hypothesis suggests that life is an active participant in shaping the physical and chemical environment on which it depends. Scientists on Gaia is a multidisciplinary exploration of this controversial hypothesis, which was introduced by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis in the early 1970s. Forty-four contributions detail the philosophical, empirical, and theoretical foundations of Gaia, mechanisms through which planet-wide homeostasis could occur, applicability of the hypothesis to planets other than Earth, possible destabilization by outside forces, and public policy implications.Stephen H. Schneider, a climatologist, is Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. Penelope J. Boston, a biologist, is a founder of Complex Systems Research, Lafayette, Colorado.

目次

  • Part 1 Gaia - an overview: geophysiology - the science of Gaia, James E. Lovelock
  • the biota And gaia - 150 years of support for environmental sciences, Lynn Margulis and Gregory Hinkle
  • co-evolution and its applicability to the Gaia hypothesis, Paul Ehrlich
  • a selection of biogenic influences relevant to the Gaia hypothesis, Walter Shearer. Part 2 Philosophical foundations of Gaia: Gaia and the myths of harmony - an exploration of ethical and practical implications, John Visvader
  • the Gaia hypotheses - are they testable? Are they useful?, James W. Kirchner
  • Gaia - hypothesis or worldview?, John J.Kineman
  • the mechanical and the organic - on the impact of metaphor in science, David Abram. Part 3 Theoretical foundations of Gaia: ecosystem stability and diversity, John Harte
  • Earth - the water planet - a lucky coincidence?, B. Henderson-Sellers et al
  • the climate system and its regulation by atmospheric radiative processes, Jeffrey T. Kiehl
  • theoretical microbial and vegetation control of planetary environments, Penelope J. Boston and Starley L. Thompson
  • mechanisms for stabilization and destabilization of a simple biosphere - catastrophe on daisyworld, Ralph Keeling
  • radiative entropy as a measure of complexity, Glen B. Lesins. Part 4 Mechanisms - sulfur: geophysiological interaction in the global sulfur cycle, M.O. Andreae
  • planetary homeostasis through the sulfur cycle, Glenn E. Shaw
  • atmospheric sulfur from oceanic phytoplankton versus sulfur from industry - which dominates cloud condensation nuclei?, Robert J. Charlson
  • evolutionary pressures on planktonic dimethylsulfide production, Ken Caldeira. Part 5 Mechanisms - oxygen: atmospheric oxygen, tectonics and life, Robert A. Berner
  • Gaian and non-Gaian explanations for the contemporary level of atmospheric oxygen, G.R. Williams
  • the mechanisms that control the carbon dioxide and oxygen content of the atmosphere, Heinrich D. Holland. Part 6 Mechanisms - carbon and biomass: feedback processes in the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, James C.G. Walker
  • Gaia's garden and BLAG's greenhouse - global biogenochemical climate regulation, Lee R. Kump and Tyler Volk
  • tectonics, carbon, life, and climate for the last three biollion years: a unified system?, Thomas R. Worsley et al
  • quantitative evolution of global biomass through time - biological and geochemical constraints, Manfred Schidlowski
  • land biota, source or sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide - positive and negative feedbacks within a changing climate and land use development, G.H. Kohlmaier et al
  • a geophysiological model for glacial-interglacial oscillations in the carbon and phosphorous cycles, Andrew J. Watson and Linda Maddock
  • peatland formation and ice ages - a possible Gaian mechanism related to community succession, Lee F. Klinger.(Part contents).

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