Description
The key insight of Gaia Theory is that the entire Earth functions as a single living super-organism. But according to James Lovelock, the theory's originator, that organism is now sick. It is running a fever born of increased atmospheric greenhouse gases. Earth will adjust to these stresses, but the human race faces a severe test. It is already too late, Lovelock says, to prevent the global climate from "flipping" into an entirely new equilibrium that will threaten civilization as we know it. But we can do much to save humanity. In the tradition of "Silent Spring," this is a call to address a major threat to our collective future.
Author: James Lovelock
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 06/01/2007
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.94h x 6.58w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780465041695
ISBN10: 0465041698
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Earth Sciences | Meteorology & Climatology
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
About the Author
James Lovelock is the author of more than two hundred scientific papers and the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory). In September 2005, Prospect magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global public intellectuals. He lives in Louceston, England.