• DOI:10.1023/A:1014237331082
Corpus ID: 15776141

The Gaia Hypothesis: Fact, Theory, and Wishful Thinking

@article{Kirchner2002TheGH,
  title={The Gaia Hypothesis: Fact, Theory, and Wishful Thinking},
  author={J. Kirchner},
  journal={Climatic Change},
  year={2002},
  volume={52},
  pages={391-408}
}

J. Kirchner

Published 2002

Biology, Economics

Climatic Change

Organisms can greatly affect their environments, and the feedback coupling between organisms and their environments can shape the evolution of both. Beyond these generally accepted facts, the Gaia hypothesis advances three central propositions: (1) that biologically mediated feedbacks contribute to environmental homeostasis, (2) that they make the environment more suitable for life, and (3) that such feedbacks should arise by Darwinian natural selection. These three propositions do not fare… CONTINUE READING

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