Gaia Hypothesis
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The Gaia (pronounced GAY-ah) hypothesis is the idea that Earth is a living organism and can regulate its own environment. This idea argues that Earth is able to maintain conditions that are favorable for life to survive on it, and that it is the living things on Earth that give the planet this ability.
Mother Earth
The idea that Earth and its atmosphere are some sort of "superorganism" was actually first proposed by Scottish geologist...
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