This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Another One Bites the Dust: James Lovelock
Physicist, James Lovelock, wasn't a pop star. He is credited, however, with popularising the influential Gaia hypothesis (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/27/james-lovelock-creator-of-gaia-hypothesis-dies-on-103rd-birthday). The Gaia hypothesis essentially views the Earth as a self-regulatory community of organisms (somewhat like single a giant, living organism). One very blunt conclusion follows. This is that it would be in 'Gaia's' interest to rid itself of human beings. Their pollutions and emissions currently make balance (viable surviving ecosystems) impossible. Lovelock died on his 103rd birthday and won't be around, to see how his hypothesis 'pans out' with respect to our species.
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