The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
The global temperature is rising, the ice caps are melting, and levels of pollution across the world have reached unprecedented heights. According to eminent scientist James Lovelock, in order to survive an assault from her dependents, the Earth is lurching ever closer to a permanent “hot state.” Within the next century, we will almost certainly be forced to give up many of the comforts of western living as supplies are threatened. Only the fittest—and the smartest—will survive.

A reluctant jeremiad from one of the environmental movement’s elder statesmen, The Vanishing Face of Gaia offers an essential wake-up call for the human race.

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The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
The global temperature is rising, the ice caps are melting, and levels of pollution across the world have reached unprecedented heights. According to eminent scientist James Lovelock, in order to survive an assault from her dependents, the Earth is lurching ever closer to a permanent “hot state.” Within the next century, we will almost certainly be forced to give up many of the comforts of western living as supplies are threatened. Only the fittest—and the smartest—will survive.

A reluctant jeremiad from one of the environmental movement’s elder statesmen, The Vanishing Face of Gaia offers an essential wake-up call for the human race.

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The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning

The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning

by James Lovelock
The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning

The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning

by James Lovelock

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Overview

The global temperature is rising, the ice caps are melting, and levels of pollution across the world have reached unprecedented heights. According to eminent scientist James Lovelock, in order to survive an assault from her dependents, the Earth is lurching ever closer to a permanent “hot state.” Within the next century, we will almost certainly be forced to give up many of the comforts of western living as supplies are threatened. Only the fittest—and the smartest—will survive.

A reluctant jeremiad from one of the environmental movement’s elder statesmen, The Vanishing Face of Gaia offers an essential wake-up call for the human race.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786746347
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 04/14/2009
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 376 KB
Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

About the Author

James Lovelock is the author of more than two hundred scientific papers and the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now Gaia Theory). In September 2005, Prospect magazine named him as one of the world’s top 100 global public intellectuals. He lives in Louceston, England.

Table of Contents

Forward Martin Rees xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

1 The Journey in Space and Time 1

2 The Climate Forecast 35

3 Consequences and Survival 71

4 Energy and Food Sources 99

5 Geoengineering 139

6 The History of Gaia Theory 159

7 Perceptions of Gaia 187

8 To Be or Not To Be Green 205

9 To the Next World 229

Glossary 251

Further Reading 259

Index 263

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