The regulation of carbon dioxide and climate: Gaia or geochemistry
Abstract
This is a review of the Gaia hypothesis which postulates a condition of planetary homeostasis affecting chemical composition and climate. Some criticisms are answered and a new model is introduced for the long term regulation of the mean surface temperature through the biological control of CO 2 partial pressure.
- Publication:
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Planetary and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- August 1982
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1982P&SS...30..795L
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Composition;
- Biogeochemistry;
- Biosphere;
- Carbon Dioxide Concentration;
- Climatology;
- Planetary Temperature;
- Atmospheric Pressure;
- Earth Surface;
- Gaia Hypothesis;
- Long Term Effects;
- Planetary Composition;
- Planetary Evolution;
- Solar Radiation;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Surface Temperature;
- Geophysics