˜Theœ Medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive?

˜Theœ Medea hypothesis is life on earth ultimately self-destructive?

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1. Verfasser: Ward, Peter Douglas (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Princeton u.a. Princeton Univ. Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Science essentials
Schlagworte:
Extinction (Biology) > Environmental geology > Historical geology > Life (Biology) > Evolution (Biology) > Catastrophes (Geology) > Evolution > Leben > Selbstzerstörung > Naturkatastrophe > Lebensverneinung > Artensterben > Theorie
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index
Darwinian life -- What is evolutionary "success"? -- Two hypotheses about the nature of life on earth -- Medean feedbacks and global processes -- Medean events in the history of life -- Humans as medeans -- Biomass through time as a test -- Predicted future trends of biomass -- Summation -- Environmental implications and courses of action -- What must be done
Beschreibung:XXII, 180 S.
Ill.
25 cm
ISBN:9780691130750
978-0-691-13075-0
9780691165806
978-0-691-16580-6
0691130752
0-691-13075-2