Our Living Planet
From The New York Times:The Earth Is Just as Alive as You AreScientists once ridiculed the idea of a living planet. Not anymore. It's time to revisit the Gaia Hypothesis."If Earth breathes, sweats and quakes — if it births zillions of organisms that ceaselessly devour, transfigure and replenish its air, water and rock — and if those creatures and their physical environments evolve in tandem, then why shouldn’t we think of our planet as alive?"Read the full article here!