Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 online resource (xxii, 180 p.) : ill.

Series statement

1. Science essentials

Uniform title

1. Medea hypothesis (Online)
2. Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))

Alternative title

1. Medea hypothesis (Online)

Subject

1. Extinction (Biology)
2. Environmental geology
3. Historical geology
4. Life (Biology)
5. Evolution (Biology)
6. Catastrophes (Geology)

Contents

1. 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 and courses of action -- What must be done.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-

Title

1. The medea hypothesis [electronic resource] : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.

Imprint

1. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.

Series

1. Science essentials
2. Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2008056066