The Trials of Gaia: Milestones in the Evolution of Earth with Reference to the Anthropocene

By Andrew Yoram Glikson

This books presents a documentation and resulting perspectives regarding James Lovelock's multidisciplinary evolution theory. It looks at past and current climate changes and their consequences, including detailed accounts of the global warming. The connection between climate trajectories and extreme weather events, including tropical and arctic fronts, cyclones, fire storms, tropical storms, acidification, tsunami, floods, sea level rise, are referred to in connection with recent developments. The book updates earlier accounts regarding extreme weather events and mass extinctions.
The book "The Trials of Gaia" is published in honour of the late Professor James Lovelock (26 July 1919 - 26 July 2022), the father of the Gaia theory.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031237080
• ISBN13: 9783031237089
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"