The medea hypothesis is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? /

Main Author: Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Series:Science essentials
Subjects:
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10312598
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • What must be done.