Atmospheric homeostasis by and for the biosphere: the gaia hypothesis
By: James E. Lovelock and Lynn Margulis
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v26i1-2.9731 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 2 - 10
Submitted on: May 8, 1973
Accepted on: Aug 20, 1973
Published on: Jan 1, 1974
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1974 James E. Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, published by Stockholm University Press
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