The Gaia hypothesis, proposed in the 1970s by the British scientist, author, and environmentalist James Lovelock (1919-2022), suggests the Earth, itself, is a self-regulating entity geared toward sustaining life. Lovelock says Gaia is a complex entity involving the Earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an… Read More The Gaia Hypothesis
Gaia (also Gaea, Ge) is one of the Greek primordial deities and the goddess of the Earth who, along with Eros (Love) and Tartarus (the Underworld), arose from Chaos. She was the Great Mother of all: the primal Greek Mother goddess; creator and giver of birth to the Earth and all the Universe. The heavenly… Read More Gaia – The Greek Primordial Mother And Her 1970s Revival
We are one of the true “non-profits” that actually operates with a net economic loss. We are not registered. We are not funded. We are not bribed, shamed or threatened into saying things we don’t like or agree with. And THAT, to me, is an Earth worth fighting for… along with all the other stuff… Read More Every day is Earth Day at Earthpages.org
Our blue planet could become a lifeless wasteland sooner than we thought. Source: Earth’s Core Is Cooling Faster Than Scientists Expected Opinion: Trigger Warning – Some climate change warriors heavily invested in the ‘Church of Science’ may find this free and unfettered thinking upsetting. Quite a while ago I agreed that the Earth most likely… Read More Earth’s Core Is Cooling Faster Than Scientists Expected | Opinion
I personally think that the psychiatric diagnosis of SAD (seasonal affective disorder) is going a bit too far. It spooks me to think how some psychiatrists prescribe ‘medication’ (that is, drugs) when there are better ways to get out of a funk. Whenever I feel weighed down by the world or by hostile presences, one… Read More YouTube Roundup – Feeling stressed? Forget SAD… go into ORBIT!
From about 280-230 million years ago (Late Paleozoic Era until the Late Triassic), the continent we now know as North America was continuous with Africa, South America, and Europe. They all existed as a single continent called Pangea. Pangea first began to be torn apart when a three-pronged fissure grew between Africa, South America, and… Read More What was Pangea? | Opinion
Climate change is fast becoming the new crisis, now that Covid is settling down somewhat in many countries. However, some wonder if climate change is a real crisis or something we just need to adapt to. Myself, I think it’s probably a bit of both. When the ozone layer was under siege, scientists alerted us,… Read More Pensée du jour – Earth’s physical and moral changes
We should realise that something as complex as climate has many contributing factors that lead to change. To assume that everything is caused by humans or everything by natural causes is far too simplistic. For that reason it is rather difficult to make any precise predictions of the future. So … processes that contribute to… Read More Changing my mind about climate change? | Opinion
Hop onto your bike and ride along a pop-up cycle path. These new yellow-marked bike lanes have gotten things moving in Berlin. Hastily set up during the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic, to give cyclists more space and safety. Source: Germany: Into the future by bicycle | World Stories – The Week in Reports | DW |… Read More Germany: Into the future by bicycle | World Stories – The Week in Reports | DW | 12.06.2021 | Opinion
I just watched another BBC Earth TV doc with Professor Brian Cox called Human Universe – Are We Alone? This is a visually pleasing documentary with some useful nuggets of info that should round out everything you might have missed while daydreaming in high school. Cox is a great presenter and obviously very sharp in… Read More BBC’s Human Universe – “Are We Alone?” | Opinion
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