The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive?

The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.

In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere--one that has frightening implications for our future, yet also offers hope. Using the latest discoveries from the geological record...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Series:Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
Subjects:
Extinction (Biology)
Environmental geology.
Historical geology.
Life (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)
Catastrophes (Geology)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.
Environmental geology
Historical geology
Leven.
Uitgestorven soorten.
Catastrofetheorie (geologie)
Hypothesen.
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Table of Contents:
  • Darwinian life
  • What is evolutionary "success"?
  • Two hypotheses about the nature of life on earth
  • Medean feedbacks and global processes
  • Medean events in the history of life
  • Humans as medeans
  • Biomass through time as a test
  • Predicted future trends of biomass
  • Summation
  • Environmental implications and courses of action
  • What must be done.

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