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Daisyworld is the name of a model developed by Andrew Watson and James Lovelock (published in 1983) to demonstrate how organisms could inadvertently regulate their environment. [1] The model simulates a fictional planet (called Daisyworld) which is experiencing slow global warming due to the brightening of the Sun. The planet is populated by ...
Lovelock formulated the Gaia Hypothesis in journal articles in 1972 [1] and 1974, [2] followed by a popularizing 1979 book Gaia: A new look at life on Earth. An article in the New Scientist of February 6, 1975, [ 42 ] and a popular book length version of the hypothesis, published in 1979 as The Quest for Gaia , began to attract scientific and ...
James Ephraim Lovelock (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist.He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.
The model is designed for use in atmospheric general circulation models, to account for the related climate attribution of the biosphere. [5] A revised version was published in 1996 and incorporates satellite measurements. [6] The Ent Dynamic Terrestrial Biosphere Model is a global vegetation model for use with the Earth System Modeling ...
Some scientists have proposed in the last few decades that a general theory of living systems is required to explain the nature of life. [1] Such a general theory would arise out of the ecological and biological sciences and attempt to map general principles for how all living systems work.
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Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence is a 2019 non-fiction book by scientist and environmentalist James Lovelock. It has been published by Penguin Books/Allen Lane in the UK, [2] and republished by the MIT Press. [3] The book was co-authored by journalist Bryan Appleyard. [4]
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