Gaia hypothesis
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title:
Gaia hypothesis
text:
The Gaia hypothesis, also known as the Gaia theory, Gaia paradigm, or the Gaia principle, proposes that living organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic and self-regulating, complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet. The Gaia hypothesis was formulated by the chemist James Lovelock and co-developed by the microbiologist Lynn Margulis in the 1970s. Following the suggestion by his neighbour, novelist William
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Scientific hypothesis about Earth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis
date created:
2002-02-12T11:57:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T12:48:02Z
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