Life’s Role in Environmental Regulation

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3rd floor Café Commons of the Millennium Science Complex
Nearly fifty years ago, Lovelock and Margulis proposed that environmental conditions on Earth are regulated through interactions with the biota. Where does this “Gaia Hypothesis” now stand? Do these interactions increase biospheric resilience? On geologic timescales? On human time scales? These questions will be explored with examples from my research and collaboration with Lovelock. Lee Kump | Dean, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences