The Gaia Hypothesis: Fact, Theory, and Wishful Thinking

By James W. Kirchner. 2002

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Citations in the corpus

• Ecosystem Services: Origins, Contributions, Pitfalls, and Alternatives (2013, background): “Even though extreme ideas of grand design in nature or ‘strong Gaia’ are not popular amongst scientists (Kirchner 2002), the idea that each ecosystem component and process is likely to have some role to play and hence is essential to the survival of the whole is strongly held.”
• Beyond Gaia: Thermodynamics of Life and Earth System Functioning (2004, methodology): “1989; Schwartzman and Volk, 1989; Schneider and Boston, 1991; Lenton, 1998) and has received substantial criticisms (e.g. Schneider, 1986; Kirchner, 1989, 2002; Caldeira, 1989).”