Gaia: The living Earth

@article{Lovelock2003GaiaTL,
  title={Gaia: The living Earth},
  author={J. Lovelock},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2003},
  volume={426},
  pages={769-770}
}
Organisms and their environment evolve as a single, self-regulating system. 
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