Scientist’s Perspective (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Who developed Gaia Hypothesis & when?
Who developed Gaia Hypothesis & when?
James Lovelock, 1970s
What Earth System Hypothesis proposes
What Earth System Hypothesis proposes
Earth functions like living organism, not separate systems
Alternative name for Earth System Hypothesis
Alternative name for Earth System Hypothesis
Gaia Hypothesis
Key feature of Gaia Hypothesis
Key feature of Gaia Hypothesis
Self-regulating system that can repair, regulate & renew itself
Origin of name 'Gaia'
Origin of name 'Gaia'
Greek Mother Goddess of the earth
Why theologians reject Gaia Hypothesis
Why theologians reject Gaia Hypothesis
Suggests pantheism (living earth idea)
Current climate effect: ice
Current climate effect: ice
Ice melting worldwide at both poles
Species migration examples due to climate change
Species migration examples due to climate change
Butterflies, foxes, alpine plants moving to cooler areas
Alaska spruce beetle outbreak impact
Alaska spruce beetle outbreak impact
20 yrs warm summers; 4 million acres of spruce destroyed
Predicted sea level rise by end of century
Predicted sea level rise by end of century
18-59 cm, possibly +10-20 cm more from polar melting
Peru's Quelccaya ice cap prediction by 2100
Peru's Quelccaya ice cap prediction by 2100
May disappear, leaving thousands without water & electricity
Climate change effect on disease spread
Climate change effect on disease spread
Conditions for malaria-carrying mosquitoes expanding
Gaia Hypothesis key message about survival
Gaia Hypothesis key message about survival
Earth doesn't need humans; crisis threatens human, not planet