The regulation of carbon dioxide and climate: Gaia or geochemistry
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The Gaia hypothesis proposes that life interacts with inorganic Earth as a self-stabilizing system that maintains habitable conditions.
“Last, an alternative to the carbonate-silicate cycle stabilization of Earth’s climate is the “Gaia hypothesis,” which proposes that life interacts with inorganic Earth as a self-stabilizing system that maintains habitable conditions [e.g., (220)].”
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- Authors
- Lovelock, J. E., & Watson, A. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Reading (GB)
- Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (GB)
- ORCID
- Watson, A.J.
- Venue
- Planetary and Space Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1982-08
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 795-802
- ISSN
- 0032-0633 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2022419888
- Cited by
- 109
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 3.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Planetary and Space Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Keywords
- Gaia hypothesis, carbon dioxide regulation, climate regulation, surface temperature, partial pressure of CO2
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