The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / / Peter Ward.

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Superior document:Science essentials
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
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Physical Description:xxii, 180 p. :; ill.
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300 |a xxii, 180 p. :  |b ill. 
490 1 |a Science essentials 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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650 0 |a Extinction (Biology) 
650 0 |a Environmental geology. 
650 0 |a Historical geology. 
650 0 |a Life (Biology) 
650 0 |a Evolution (Biology) 
650 0 |a Catastrophes (Geology) 
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