Gaia hypothesis
It was put
forward by a British Scientist, James Lovelock, in the late 1960’s. He proposed
that the Earth is a self- regulating organism with its own life cycle. This
hypothesis gave more understanding on how life remained on Earth.
In his
proposition:
‘Both the organic and inorganic components of Earth evolved
together as one single, self-regulating system which can control global
temperature and atmospheric composition to maintain its own habitability’.
From this we
came to understand that organisms (living and non living) existed and evolved
together as a single, self- regulating system that has kept the earth habitable
for life irrespective of natural threats.
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