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'Bits, blog posts, and links on #thermodynamics and #EarthSystem #science from Axel Kleidon's research group at the Max-Planck-Institute for #Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany' | Earth System earthsystem.org #EarthSystem #complexity #SystemThinking #SystemDynamics #GaiaHypothesis #OriginOfLife

Somehow, we're still not the Villains | Hapax Designs Get more from Hapax Designs on Patreon

Read my #essay on #eco-horror in the #films Gaia and In the Earth, human sacrifice as the core of #religion, and inaction on climate change. #Film #ecology #Gaia #Gaiahypothesis.

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And being perplexed as to why anyone would think plastic microwaveable bacon packages is a good idea

#PersephoneGoth
#BPDAquariusMusings

#NatureWitch #existentialdread
#GreenWitch
#GaiaHypothesis

Connecting Gaia - Arts at MIT MIT PhD student Yitong Tseo's exhibition explores the Gaia hypothesis through biomaterials, AI-designed proteins, and living artworks.

Installation: Exploring the #GaiaHypothesis
Scientist/artist Tseo explores the hypothesis —that #PlanetEarth is a #superorganism, a networked, self-regulating system to sustain #life — through biomaterials, #AI-designed proteins, and living #artworks.
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#Arts #Science

The Planet That Might Be Alive - If planets can exhibit the traits of life, perhaps the cosmos itself is not a collection of dead rocks and burning stars

The Planet That Might Be Alive wiobs.com/the-planet-t... #Exoplanet #Astrobiology #SpaceExploration #ScienceNews #GaiaHypothesis

Gaia hypothesis (Earth 🌍)

The Gaia hypothesis, also known as the Gaia theory, Gaia paradigm, or the Gaia principle, proposes that living organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic and self-regulating complex system […]

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#GaiaHypothesis

TIL that Lovelock was thinking GYRE system when Willian Golding suggested GAIA be the name of his big idea. :-) #Gaia #GaiaHypothesis #JamesLovelock #LynnMargulis
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Could Earth Develop Its Own Consciousness? The Gaia Hypothesis Offers an Unorthodox Answer Learn about the controversial Gaia hypothesis, stating that Earth is its own living system kept in balance by organisms.

Could Earth Develop Its Own Consciousness? The Gaia Hypothesis Offers an Unorthodox Answer #Science #Biology #Ecology #GaiaHypothesis #Consciousness

Thinking about the Earth — CATALYST by Winchester College I recently read the 2024 Booker Prize winning story Orbital by Samantha Harvey and was struck by the astronauts’ descriptions of seeing Earth from a distance – a dazzling experience which allows the...

CapstoneProjects that truly have the spirit of #RachelCarson - whose work led to the establishment of #EarthDay! Blog features #SamanthaHarvey’s #Orbital #CharlotteMurchison #RachelCarson #SilentSpring #MaryMidgley #GaiaHypothesis #JamesLovelock 2/2 www.catalyst.winchestercollege.org/blog/thinkin...

According to Gaia Hypothesis, the earth will regulate itself. So why worry about climate change? #gaiahypothesis #climatechange

La terre est vivante! Le congrès « La terre est un être vivant » (5-8 février 2025) invite paysans, jardiniers et producteurs à réfléchir à la ferme biodynamique comme organisme vivant et à son lien avec un organisme plus vaste. Ce sera la troisième étape d’une réflexion au long terme autour du travail biodynamique.

Lis l'article complet ici : https://www.aether.news/la-terre-est-vivante/

Et toi, qu'en penses-tu ?

La Terre est-elle vivante ou est-ce juste une métaphore poétique ?

#GaiaHypothesis #Ecologie #Science @AetherNews

Gaia vs. Medea: A Case for Altruism Medea escapes Jason on a chariot led by fire-breathing dragons (painting by Charles-Andre van Loo, 1759) In Greek mythology Medea, the enchantress and princess of Colchis, killed her two sons out o…

Gaia vs. Medea: a case for altruism #altruism #climatechange #GaiaHypothesis #DarwinsParadox #permianextinction themeaningofwater.com/2025/02/23/g...

Climate science should never be restricted to non-organic geochemistry and physics, says this ecophilosopher. The risk of not factoring LIFE as central is, well, crazy. #GaiaHypothesis