| 单词 | gaia hypothesis |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGaia hypothesis The global ecosystem, understood to function in the manner of a vast self-regulating organism, in the context of which all living things collectively define and maintain the conditions conducive to life on earth; (also) the theory which proposes this. Frequently attributive, esp. in Gaia hypothesis. ΚΠ 1972 J. E. Lovelock in Atmos. Environm. 6 580 The concept of Gaia has..perhaps only recently..been distorted by anthropocentric rationalizations. 1974 L. Margulis & J. E. Lovelock in Icarus Apr. 471 We review some recent information about the terrestrial atmosphere in the light of the ‘Gaia hypothesis’. 1989 S. H. Schneider Global Warming (1990) iv. 74 When Gaia was first introduced, it was embraced..by what one might term ecofreaks. 1991 D. Rowe Wanting Everything (1994) v. 171 We wonder whether, in adapting to the changes which the human species is making to the biosphere, Gaia might create a form of homeostasis which would be so inimical to our species that we, too, would become extinct. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Feb. 37/1 The Gaia hypothesis claims that the earth's atmosphere, oceans, climate, land, and living creatures are part of a giant feedback loop. 2005 M. Bjornerud Reading Rocks i. 19 Even skeptics of the Gaia idea..acknowledge that it has inspired productive new lines of inquiry: biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, and geophysiology. < as lemmas |
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