The medea hypothesis [electronic resource] : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.
By: Ward, Peter Douglas.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)): Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009Description: xxii, 180 p. : ill.Subject(s): Extinction (Biology) | Environmental geology | Historical geology | Life (Biology) | Evolution (Biology) | Catastrophes (Geology)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 576.8/4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.
Darwinian life -- What is evolutionary "success"? -- Two hypotheses about the nature of life on earth -- Medean feedbacks and global processes -- Medean events in the history of life -- Humans as medeans -- Biomass through time as a test -- Predicted future trends of biomass -- Summation -- Environmental implications -- What must be done.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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