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The Revenge of Gaia

Why the Earth is Fighting Back and How We Can Still Save Humanity

By James Lovelock

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For millennia, humankind has exploited the Earth without counting the cost. Now, as the world warms and weather patterns dramatically change, the Earth is beginning to fight back. James Lovelock, one of the giants of environmental thinking, argues passionately and poetically that, although global waContinue

For millennia, humankind has exploited the Earth without counting the cost. Now, as the world warms and weather patterns dramatically change, the Earth is beginning to fight back. James Lovelock, one of the giants of environmental thinking, argues passionately and poetically that, although global warming is now inevitable, we are not yet too late to save at least part of human civilization. This short book, written at the age of eighty-six after a lifetime engaged in the science of the earth, is his testament.

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  • Life on Earth, but for how much longer?

    The Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock Allen Lane £16.99, pp177 There is a classic short story by Robert Sheckley, the American science-fiction author, which tells of a group of settlers who land on a distant planet. There they begin their work: level ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Mother Earth in a bad mood

    The other day someone — actually it was my MP, the member for Henley-on-Thames and former editor of this magazine — asked me if I ‘believed’ in global warming. The question was put in such a way as to suggest it was a matter of faith rather than comm ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • This is the latest book from the renowned environmentalist who first proposed the Gaia Hypothesis. The picture painted by the author for humankind is a very groomy one. James Lovelock actually think that it is now too late to talk about "sustainable development", and humankind must now plan for "su ... (continue)

    This is the latest book from the renowned environmentalist who first proposed the Gaia Hypothesis. The picture painted by the author for humankind is a very groomy one. James Lovelock actually think that it is now too late to talk about "sustainable development", and humankind must now plan for "sustainable retreat". While considering myself as an environmentalist, I somehow hope the future is not as dark as what is described by the author. But the facts and warnings are already there. The book came out in 2006, one year before the IPCC's latest report on global warming. Nevertheless, many of the data in the former is consistent with what is mentioned in the latter.

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  • English Books
  • eBook 240 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0141900814
  • ISBN-13: 9780141900810
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Pub date: Feb 22, 2007
  • Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
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