Since the earliest recorded history, philosophers, scientists, and others have described an interplay between life and Earth's environment. The Gaia hypothesis draws on this concept but incorporates modern scientific disciplines such as microbiology,...

The Gaia hypothesis is a recent and controversial theory that views Earth as an integrated, pseudo-organismic entity, and not as a mere physical object in space. Gaia, Earth, was believed by the ancient Greeks to be a living, fertile ancestor of many...

The Gaia hypothesis is a recent and controversial theory that views Earth as an integrated, pseudo-organismic entity, and not as a mere physical object in space. Gaia, the Earth, was believed by the ancient Greeks to be a living, fertile ancestor of...

The word Gaia is an umbrella term that is derived from the Greek word meaning Goddess of the Earth. It has now come to symbolize "Earth-Mother," or "Living Earth," hypothesizing that the Earth acts like a "superorganism," with all its biological and...

The idea of the Earth as a self-regulating, living organism was once scorned by the scientific community. But over the last 20 years, this holistic view has been gaining ground. Rory Spowers meets James Lovelock, the man behind the Gaia Theory ALTHOUGH...

THE SCIENTIST who won international fame for developing the Gaia Hypothesis - that the Earth acts as a living superorganism - becomes a Companion of Honour in the New Year honours list for his services to global environmental science. James Lovelock, 83, was...