James Lovelock has a lot to celebrate. The renowned British futurist and environmentalist just enjoyed a 100th birthday party with his wife and friends. Over his long career he has seen his ...

This is the heart of Lovelock’s enduring yet highly controversial Gaia hypothesis, named for the Greek goddess that personifies Earth. It proposes our planet and all of its biological systems ...

Criticisms Against the Gaia Hypothesis Most criticisms that initially surfaced from opponents of the hypothesis asserted that Earth and living organisms could not be acting to support the planet ...

Henry Dicks, The Self-Poetizing Earth, Environmental Philosophy, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring 2011), pp. 41-62 ...

Although at first received with some scepticism, his theory has gained a significant following over the last four decades, especially amongst climatologists, and was built upon by Lynn Margulis, ...