The hypothesis describes a feedback loop that begins with an increase in the available energy from the sun acting to increase the growth rates of phytoplankton by either a physiological effect (due to elevated temperature) or enhanced photosynthesis (due to increased irradiance). Certain phytoplankton, such as coccolithophorids, synthesise dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), and their enhanced growth increases [...]
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The term ”theory” is used informally within mathematics to mean a self-consistent body of definitions, axioms, theorems, examples, and so on. (Examples include group theory, Galois theory, control theory, and K-theory.) In particular there is no connotation of ”hypothetical”. Thus the term ”unifying theory” is more like a sociological term used to study the actions [...]
The book takes place following the events in ”Destination: Void”. At the end of ”Destination: Void” the crew of the ship succeeds in creating an artificial consciousness using the computing equipment of their ship. The new conscious being has a level of awareness that allows it to manipulate space and time and at the end [...]
Born on Long Island, Abram grew up among the marshes and creeks that wind through coastal suburbia. David’s mother is a performing concert pianist. He began practicing sleight-of-hand magic during his high school years in Baldwin, which sparked his ongoing fascination with perception. In 1976, he began working as “house magician” at Alice’s Restaurant in [...]
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The term “biosphere” was coined by geologist Eduard Suess in 1875, which he defined as: While this concept has a geological origin, it is an indication of the impact of both Darwin and Maury on the earth sciences. The biosphere’s ecological context comes from the 1920s (”see” Vladimir I. Vernadsky), preceding the 1935 introduction of [...]
The following list summarizes and classifies the instances of self-organization found in different disciplines. As the list grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to determine whether these phenomena are all fundamentally the same process, or the same label applied to several different processes. Self-organization, despite its intuitive simplicity as a concept, has proven notoriously difficult to [...]
”Off Beats story begins with Tory’s first encounter with Colin. While out running errands, he catches Colin and Dr. Garrets as they move in across the street. Almost a year later, Tory convinces his mother to pull him from public school and send him to St. Peter’s, where he expects to be more academically challenged. [...]
Gaia is a fictional planet described in the book ”Foundation’s Edge” (1982) and referred to in ”Foundation and Earth” (1986), by Isaac Asimov. The name is derived from the Gaia hypothesis, which is itself eponymous to Gaia, the Earth Goddess. Gaia is located in the Sayshell Sector, about ten parsecs (32 light years) from Sayshell. [...]
James Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS (born 26 July 1919) is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives in Devon, England. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling the chemical and physical environment. Adapted [...]
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