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Planet Earth: Cosmology, Geology, and the Evolution of Life and Environment Cesare Emiliani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Professor Tyrrell adds: "Stephen Cosmic explosion spotted in neighbouring galaxy. Oct 23, 2013 - Every reader of this article needs to understand that, where it concerns the outright destruction of the human habitat, geo-engineering reigns supreme in it's potential to render the planet unfit for life … all life — human, animal, and plant. In the book, Professor Tyrrell finds that a competing hypothesis, co-evolution of life and environment, is compatible with our modern understanding in a way that Gaia is not. There are many basic quantities of physics and cosmology and geology that have had to be precisely tuned to values that allow our earth to support life and ourselves in our mortal state. Jan 20, 2006 - A question that fascinates mankind is what was the succession of events after the Big Bang and the formation of stars and galaxies, and under which conditions, that led to the origin of life on Earth? Environmental conditions for the appearance and evolution of life include not only geological processes, the presence of water and favourable climatic and atmospheric conditions, but also the magnetic and radiation environment commanded by the Sun's magnetic field. Sep 7, 2012 - If Mormons and all people everywhere of good will would allow themselves to truly and deeply listen to what science is telling us about our ailing planet and if we could reach deep into our respective traditions to find the gems of earthly wisdom they contain and begin, even in just . Geo-engineering has so many different facets to it, each of which are extraordinarily harmful to all levels of the Earth's atmosphere, the entire surface environment, as well as the subterranean geology and oceans of the world. Or is it Most leaders, officials and institutions behave as if the human enterprise is somehow remote from the environment; as if human expansion can go on forever; as if the Earth's resources and energy were limitless. Others, such as ANU geologist Prame Chopra, know better. In the 30 years or so since it was first proposed, the Gaia Hypothesis has intrigued a whole generation of those interested in natural history and planet Earth. Feb 8, 2014 - It is possible that, in the earliest history of life on Earth, when our planet was regularly bombarded by objects from space, and exposed to especially harsh conditions, life may have emerged multiple times, only to be wiped out again in short order. May 11, 2009 - And they were gathered in this shrine of science to discuss one question: can Homo sapiens – the primate species that has evolved to dominate the planet – survive? MacArthur Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Feb 14, 2013 - Blum is the Arthur F. There would have been The history of life is such a reliable indicator of geological time that there is an entire discipline — biostratigraphy — given over to the dating of rocks by the fossils they contain. It stable and comfortable for life.