The vanishing face of gaia [electronic resource] : a final warning / James Lovelock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovelock, James, 1919-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gaia hypothesis.

Biology--Philosophy.

Biology.

Biosphere.

Life (Biology).

Physical Description:

ix, 278 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The global temperature is rising, the ice caps are melting, and levels of pollution across the world have reached unprecedented heights. According to eminent scientist James Lovelock, in order to survive an assault from her dependents, the Earth is lurching ever closer to a permanent “hot state." Within the next century, we will almost certainly be forced to give up many of the comforts of western living as supplies are threatened. Only the fittest—and the smartest—will survive. A reluctant jeremiad from one of the environmental movement's elder statesmen, The Vanishing Face of Gaia offers an essential wake-up call for the human race.

Contents:

The journey in space and time

The climate forecast

Consequences and survival

Energy and food sources

Geoengineering

The history of gaia theory

Perceptions of gaia

To be or not to be green

To the next world.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46174-5

9786612461743

0-7867-4634-3