| Author/Contributor(s): | Schwartzman, David |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Date: | 10/17/2002 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Life, Temperature, and the Earth analyzes and modifies important aspects of the Gaia hypothesis in light of geochemical, geophysical, mathematical, and paleontological data that were either ignored or unavailable when the hypothesis was developed. Schwartzman argues that the Earth's climatic temperature has been biologically regulated amid the backdrop of variable volcanic outgassing and an evolving sun.