What's 'Happening' in M. Night Shyamalan's new movie? Jun 16, 2008
What's 'Happening' in M. Night Shyamalan's new movie. What's 'Happening' in M. Night Shyamalan's new movie. (USA Today -- Tech)
Letters, June 9 Jun 10, 2008
wilvus wrote on Jun 9, 2008 9:46 AM:" Environmentalism isnt a new religion...well yes and no is the right answer. The Gaia hypothesis where the earth is supposed to be a single living organism in homostatic balance that will get revenge on those bad human's has been portrayed as some kind of neo-Pagan New Age religion. If you drive a Prius and give praise to Giai during the vernal equinox, it probably is your religion. But on the plus side, you know it's not your parents religion (bonus points)... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Oppressed, Disenfranchised Coyotes Fight Back Against Global Warming Apes May 13, 2008
We know from the Gaia Hypothesis that the Earth seeks balance when challenged and we know that many animals can sense danger at a level beyond man s understanding -- earthquakes, floods and so on. These coyotes understand what the problem is: too many humans, and so they re taking them out in the most rational order possible -- babies first. (Human Events Online)
* Healthy skepticism and media beat-ups May 10, 2008
The maverick scientist James Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis that the Earth should be examined as a single, self-regulating system, says that our biggest problem as a species is that we cannot understand risk. He gleefully points out that, in the vast majority of cancer cases, oxygen and time are the main factors. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Scary stories May 6, 2008
The maverick scientist James Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis that the living earth should be examined as a single, self-regulating system, says that our biggest problem as a species is that we cannot understand risk. He gleefully points out that, in the vast majority of cancer cases, oxygen and time are the main factors. (Guardian Unlimited)
ET contact odds 'extremely low' Apr 18, 2008
Prof Watson completed his PhD under the supervision of James Lovelock, author of the Gaia hypothesis, "whose view of the earth as a whole system has influenced me ever since". His model has echoes of the Drake equation, a formula for predicting the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which we might hope to be able to communicate. (BBC News -- Science)
Study dampens hopes of finding E.T. Apr 11, 2008
Evolutionary step models have been used before, but Watson (a Fellow of England's Royal Society who studied under James Lovelock, inventor of the "Gaia hypothesis") sees a limiting factor: The habitability of Earth (and presumably, other living worlds) as the sun brightens. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Technology)
'Rain-making' bacteria found around the world Feb 29, 2008
This idea that bacteria are at an advantage if they can travel distances in clouds and then return to Earth which Lenton developed ten years ago with the late Bill Hamilton, features in the Gaia hypothesis. The Gaia theory holds that that living and non-living parts of the Earth are a complex interacting system, in which living things have a regulatory effect that promotes life overall. (Nature News Service)
UN unveils full danger of climate change Nov 19, 2007
"This is a very important finding, likely to bring major changes to coastlines, and inundating low-lying areas, with a great effect in river deltas and low-lying islands, said Pachauri. Over a longer period - centuries or even millennia - rising temperatures could melt the Greenland ice cap, raising sea levels by an extra 22ft. The report was, however, not entirely bleak. It also said that humanity had the power to stave off the worst effects of global warming at relatively low cost - but only... (Times Online)
Calaveras oaks achieve banner year in acorn drop Nov 17, 2007
The Gaia Hypothesis, first proposed by British biochemist and NASA space program director James Lovelock in 1970-that the Earth's biosphere, named after the Greek goddess Gaia ( Earth Mother ), acts like a self-organizing system, working to keep its parts in a kind of equilibrium conducive to life-seems to offer a helpful answer. Some Gaia Hypothesis proponents claim that the Earth s biosphere is consciously manipulating the climate in order to make environmental conditions more livable. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
The environment - Virgin territory for Branson Nov 15, 2007
" The Virgin way has always been to enter a field and address the problems in an unconventional, fresh manner. Sir Richard is a latecomer to the environmental cause, he concedes. As someone in the transportation business, it was "wishful thinking" when he believed global-warming skeptics. But when he announced a few years ago that he was going to build an oil refinery because of the price of oil, Al Gore and Ted Turner called him up, he says. He read books and studies, and later met James... (Globe and Mail)
Top Scientist: Stir Up Oceans, Stop Global Warming Sep 30, 2007
James Lovelock, environmentalist, futurologist and creator of the Gaia hypothesis and its view of Earth as a huge organism, proposes that we help the planet "cure itself" by artificially ramping up ocean mixing, which would stimulate the growth of carbon-munching algae, thereby sinking more carbon dioxide into the ocean. The Gaia hypothesis looks at Earth as a whole instead of at each of its systems separately viewing it as something of a superorganism. (FOX News)
Pipe dreams| Sep 29, 2007
Lovelock is best known for pioneering work on the causes of ozone depletion, and for his Gaia hypothesis, which argues that Earth is a kind of superorganism composed of living and non-living elements. Rapley, an expert of climate change science, is the director of both the British Science Museum and the British Antarctic Survey. (iAfrica.com)
Giant ocean pipes a quickfix to warming? Sep 28, 2007
James Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis that Earth is a living entity has fuelled controversy for three decades, thinks the stakes are so high that radical solutions must be tried even if they ultimately fail. In a letter to the journal Nature, he proposes vertical pipes 100 to 200 meters long and 10 metres wide be placed in the sea, so that wave motion pumps up water and fertilizes algae on the surface. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Pipes hung in the sea could help planet to 'heal itself' Sep 27, 2007
By mixing deeper water with surface water, they could help the sea absorb vastly more carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas, say James Lovelock creator of the Gaia hypothesis which sees the earth as a single organism and Chris Rapley, the director of the Science Museum in London. In a letter published in the journal Nature, Professor Lovelock and Dr Rapley suggest that the ocean could be helped to take up much more carbon by "fertilising" the plankton in its top layer with nutrient-rich... (Independent)
Gaia Guru Urges Ocean Pipes to Fix Earth's Climate Sep 27, 2007
James Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis that planet Earth is a living entity has fuelled controversy for three decades, thinks the stakes are so high that radical solutions must be tried -- even if they ultimately fail. In a letter to the journal Nature, he proposes vertical pipes 100 to 200 metres long and 10 metres wide be placed in the sea, so that wave motion pumps up water and fertilises algae on the surface. (Planet Ark, United States)
Giant Ocean Tubes Proposed as Global Warming Fix Sep 27, 2007
That's the controversial new vision of James Lovelock, the independent British scientist best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, and Chris Rapley, a space physicist and director of London's Science Museum. RELATED. (National Geographic)
NASA clean rooms breed hardy bacteria Sep 6, 2007
The Gaia Hypothesis has shown that there is no life elsewhere in this solar system, because no other planet (other than our own) has a homeostatic atmosphere. The Fermi Paradox shown that there is no intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy. (Nature News Service)
A Righter Shade of Green Jul 17, 2007
One form is James Lovelock s famous Gaia hypothesis, which presents the Earth as both an object of care and of worship. It is not that Gaia is a person exactly: persons are poisonous. (The American Conservative)
* It's the end of the world as we know it Mar 18, 2007
Scientist and writer James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis which considers the Earth as a self-regulating organism, is shown before the presentation of his book The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth Is Fighting Back, in Madrid, Spain ... "Most life will move up to the Arctic basin because only it and a few islands will remain habitable," says Lovelock, who is most famous for coming up with the so-called Gaia hypothesis X the idea that the Earth functions as some kind of living... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
'We should be scared stiff' Mar 15, 2007
"Most life will move up to the Arctic basin because only it and a few islands will remain habitable," says Lovelock, who is most famous for coming up with the so-called Gaia hypothesis - the idea that the Earth functions as some kind of living super-organism ... Lovelock may sound extreme to some, but although he is regarded as a sort of dotty uncle figure by some scientists, and his Gaia hypothesis has been criticised by the likes of Richard Dawkins, others hold him in high regard. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bed, Bath and the NYT: Mar 14, 2007
" In this, and many other respects--read and try to find even a little bit of Souljah--Obama's campaign as less than a half Hart. ...I'd estimate about 23%. ...1:57 P.M. Friday, February 16, 2007Low Fruit--The Gaia Hypothesis (as noted in ): Hollywood fundraiser Daphne Ziman unveils Hillary Clinton pollster Mark Penn's carefully-crafted new campaign message in :"The nation is in deep need for a mother figure who will lead the people out of a violent world and back into caring for the poor and... (Slate)
Al Gore's Remission of Sin Mar 7, 2007
In the animistic church, any using or changing of the physical world (such as burning carbon) is a sin against the sacred, holistic, living world (the Gaia hypothesis). But as everyone uses energy (just as every Christian sins), the neo-animist church, too, must provide for a remission of sin (and also, a handy source of profit for the carbon-offset company owners -- such as Al Gore who, according to news reports, pays his indulgences to Generation Investment Management, of which he is the... (Human Events Online)
TONY BLANKLEY: Al Gore's remission of sin Mar 7, 2007
In the animistic church any using or changing of the physical world (such as burning carbon) is a sin against the sacred, holistic, living world (the Gaia hypothesis). But as everyone uses energy (just as every Christian sins), the neo-animist church, too, must provide for a remission of sin (and also, a handy source of profit for the carbon-offset company owners such as Al Gore who, according to news reports, pays his indulgences to Generation Investment Management, of which he is the chairman. (Washington Times)
Cloning The Smell Of The Seaside Feb 4, 2007
Indeed, the phenomenon was used by James Lovelock as a plank to underpin his 'Gaia hypothesis. DMS is also a remarkably effective food marker for ocean-going birds such as shearwaters and petrels. (Science Daily)
Interview: James Lovelock on Climate Change Feb 3, 2007
Lovelock is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis in the 1960s, which states that life on Earth functions as a single organism. Copyright: Bruno Comby - Environmentalists For Nuclear. (FirstScience.com)
McKibben: Close to Catastrophe? Oct 24, 2006
In fact, his so-called Gaia hypothesis was at first less clear than that -- "hardly anyone, and that included me for the first ten years after the concept was born, seems to know what Gaia is," he has written. But the hypothesis has turned into a theory, still not fully accepted by other scientists but not scorned either. (Zmag.org)
OF ANTS AND MEN Sep 24, 2006
His bottom-up emphasis distinguishes him from top-down environmentalists like his great British friend, James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis that sees the Earth as a single organism. Lovelock studies planet-scale systems. (TimesOnline)
Stop bias against Green party Sep 24, 2006
Scientists, like James Lovelock, creator of the GAIA Hypothesis, are deeply concerned. He wrote this year "the climate centres around the world, which are the equivalent of the pathology labs of a hospital, have reported the Earth's physical condition and the climate specialists see it as seriously ill, and soon to pass into a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years.". (Toronto Star -- Opinion)
Sick planetWhy James Lovelock believes humans may be killing the Earth Jul 7, 2006
Professor James Lovelock is an independent scientist and the originator of the Gaia hypothesis. His recent book The Revenge of Gaia formed the basis of a BBC panel discussion on Monday and Tuesday. (BBC News -- Science)
Climate change 'real and severe' Jul 6, 2006
James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia hypothesis. An expert panel convened by BBC News has concluded that climate change is "real and dangerous". (BBC News -- Science)
100 UK university discoveries Jul 5, 2006
The "Gaia hypothesis" - the idea of the earth as a self-regulating living organism -- transformed public attitudes towards the environment. Detecting CFCs in the atmosphereJames Lovelock discovered the electron capture detector in 1957 because of nuisance signals from a detector designed for someone else's scientific problem. (Guardian Unlimited)
Finally, we agree on disaster of climate change May 25, 2006
In May 2004 the British environmentalist - and originator of the Gaia hypothesis - James Lovelock shocked his colleagues by. arguing passionately for a significant expansion of nuclear energy because of the rapidity and urgency of climate change. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Rebels call nuke the new green May 19, 2006
Stewart Brand, a Whole Earth Catalog founder, and James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis, have both publicly endorsed nuclear energy. Others have voiced more measured support. (Times Herald-Record, NY)
Nuclear power turns green May 14, 2006
But when the ecologist James Lovelock - creator of the Gaia hypothesis, which holds that Earth and all its organisms behave as if they were a single living system - urges his colleagues to drop their "wrongheaded opposition" to nuclear energy, it is clear that fissures are developing. There is good reason to give nuclear power a fresh look. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Is Global Warming the First Planetary Emergency? Apr 15, 2006
Most pessimistic sounding so far is the preeminent British scientist James Lovelock, one of the founders of modern Earth-systems science and creator of what is called the Gaia hypothesis an insight that has led many scientists to study the relationship between Earth's living biological communities all the plants and animals and the nonliving elements, such as the waters and the atmosphere. Lovelock, now in his vigorous mid-80s, has just published a book in Britain titled "The Revenge of Gaia,"... (ABC News)
A Heretic for Our Times Jan 21, 2006
But looking around Britain today the only other independent scientific researcher Sheldrake can think of is James Lovelock, who conceived the revolutionary Gaia Hypothesis, which posits that the earth is a living organism. The power of public participation. (AlterNet.org)
