from the publisher “The appearance of the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling and unlikely steps in the whole history of life, and as Martin Brasier shows in Secret Chambers, decoding this puzzle has been a great adventure that has mainly taken place over the last fifty years. Covering the period […]
from the publisher “*Immoderate Greatness* explains how a civilization’s very magnitude conspires against it to cause downfall. Civilizations are hard-wired for self-destruction. They travel an arc from initial success to terminal decay and ultimate collapse due to intrinsic, inescapable biophysical limits combined with an inexorable trend toward moral decay and practical failure. Because our own […]
from the publisher “Exploring the broad implications of evolutionary theorist Lynn Margulis’s work, this collection brings together specialists across a range of disciplines, from paleontology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, and geobiology to developmental systems theory, archaeology, history of science, cultural science studies, and literature and science. Addressing the multiple themes that animated Margulis’s science, the […]
Science news with a Margulisian/Lovelockian Biospheric perspective and some non–human interest stories.
A biospheric perspective of the effect of the origin and evolution of life on Earth. April issue discusses the need to update selected Wikipedia entries and it only took medicine 150 years to convince medicine and science of the importance of microbiomes but they still don’t recognize that not all bacterial symbionts are friendly.
A scrapbook dedicated to some of the many heroes and friends of the Margulis Lab with links to more resources. Recognition of Lynn’s impact on the rethinking of medicine, biology and evolution that is now taking place. Was Lynn Margulis a spiritual person? What set her apart from other scientists?
A Gaian-deep time view of Earth history and current events. As Lynn Margulis observed, “Gaia is symbiosis seen from space.” This issue is “the unsocial” and discusses why humans are in no way special to the evolution of the Universe or planet Earth. Childrens’ shows have “peanut galleries” because children like to watch children. Humans […]
Environmental Evolution news and reviews – Deep Time seen biospherically
First issue of the Environmental Evolution newsletter with subjects ranging from using ammonia-oxidizing bacteria instead of soap and shampoo to progress on the documentary “Symbiotic Earth – How Lynn Margulis rocked the boat and created a scientific revolution”
Expanding the view of the father of biogeochemistry, Vladimir Vernadsky (The Biosphere), the McMenamins advance a systems view of the colonization of the land through deep time that they term the Hypersea Hypothesis. Like the New Symbiotic Biology and Gaia Theory, Hypersea is a unified worldview that recognizes the terrestrial sea of “animated water” that […]
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Creation Spirituality: Reawakening Mysticism, Protecting Our Planet
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