Abstract:Forty years ago Lovelock introduced the Gaia hypothesis and the criticisms by opponents and support by proponents are continuously developing. Currently, the extreme teleological version of Gaia has been ignored. The weak form of the Gaia hypothesis, which has been generally accepted, are the views that life collectively has a significant effect on
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