two processes, that is, is the evolution of life in the evolution of the planet are not two processes but one single, tightly coupled process. born in letchworth, he became a conscientious objector in the war, ever maverick, ever restless. later he worked out of a converted barn in his home in devon, first with research in medical science on the freezing of animal tissue and then in the 60s on space science for nasa, looking for life on mars. file footage: there may be a kind of plant, an ice-eater,j with fine, root like probes, searching not for liquid water but searching the permafrost, reaching down to get at that ice. the multitalented lovelock made the ultrasensitive instruments to gather evidence and invented the equipment to detect a man made hole in the ozone layer over the antarctic. then you do believe in gaia? i do believe the earth goddess will defend herself against all dangers.
i doubt believe the earth goddess will defend itself against all dangers. including man? man will always win against nature. lovelock s idea that the earth is a kind of single living organism made him a hero to the early green movement of the 1960s and 70s. it was bound to be taken up as a kind of something almost spiritual for the green age to hang onto. lovelock warned that damage to forests in particular was undermining the earth s capacity to regulate itself as carbon dioxide levels rise, but his support for nuclear power to combat climate change upset many of his own followers. the 6aia theory was ridiculed by many scientists at the time. it is still contentious but it s starting to slip into the academic mainstream. james lovelock lived to be over 100, still predicting an apocalyptic
single, tightly coupled process. born in letchworth, he became a conscientious objector in the war, ever maverick, ever restless. later he worked out of a converted barn in his home in devon, first with research in medical science on the freezing of animal tissue and then in the 60s on space science for nasa, looking for life on mars. file footage: there may be a kind of plant, an ice-eater,j with fine, root like probes, searching not for liquid water but searching the permafrost, reaching down to get at that ice. the multitalented lovelock made the ultrasensitive instruments to gather evidence and invented the equipment to detect a man made hole in the ozone layer over the antarctic. then you do believe in 6aia? i do believe the earth goddess will defend herself against all dangers. including man? man will always win against nature.
and then in the 60s, on space science for nasa looking for life on mars. there may be a kind of plant, an ice eater with fine root like probes searching not for liquid water, but searching the permafrost, reaching down to get at that ice. the multitalented lovelock made the ultra sensitive instruments to gather evidence and invented the equipment used to detect a manmade hole in the ozone layer over the antarctic. then you do believe in gaia? i believe that the earth goddess will defend itself against all dangers. including a man? man will always win against nature. lovelock s idea that the earth is a kind of single living organism made him a hero to the early green movement of the 19605 and seventies. so it was bound to be taken up as a kind of something almost spiritual for the green age