Ward The Medea Hypothesis

Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2988-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 23, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Science Essentials

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Ward, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction ix

Chapter 1: Darwinian Life 1

Chapter 2: What Is Evolutionary "Success"? 14

Chapter 3: Two Hypotheses about the Nature of Life on Earth 24

Chapter 4: Medean Feedbacks and Global Processes 55

Chapter 5: Medean Events in the History of Life 72

Chapter 6: Humans as Medeans 91

Chapter 7: Biomass through Time as a Test 98

Chapter 8: Predicted Future Trends of Biomass 114

Chapter 9: Summation 126

Chapter 10: Environmental Implications and Courses of Action 128

Chapter 11: What Must Be Done 141

References 157

Index 173

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Ward's many books include the highly acclaimed Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe and Under a Green Sky (Collins). He is professor of biology and Earth and space sciences at the University of Washington, and an astrobiologist with NASA.