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Gaia Hypothesis

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The Gaia hypothesis states that the temperature and composition of the Earth's surface are actively controlled by life on the planet. It suggests that if changes in the gas composition, temperature or oxidation state of the Earth are induced by astronomical, biological, litho logical, or other perturbations, life responds to these changes by growth and metabolism.

 

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Ablation
Ablation Zone
Abrasion
Absolute Humid...Absolute Zero
Absorption
Absorption (At...Abstract Space
Abyssal Fan
Abyssal Plain
Acclimation
Accretion
Accumulation
Accumulation Z...Acid
Acid Deposition
Acid Precipita...Acid Rain
Acid Shock
Acidic
Acidic Solution
Actinomycetes
Active Layer
Active Remote ...
Actual Evapotr...Actual Mixing ...Adaptation
Adaptive Radia...Adiabatic
Adiabatic Cool...
Advection
Advection Fog
Aeolian
Aeolian Landfo...Aerial Photogr...Aerobic
Aftershock
Aggradation
Agronomy
Air Mass
Air Pollution
Air Pressure
Albedo
Aleutian Low
Alfisols
Algae
Alien Species
Alkaline
Allele
Allelopathy
Allogenic Succ...
Allopatric Spe...Allophane
Alluvial Fan
Alluvial Terra...Alluvium
Alpha Particle
Alpine Glacier
Alpine Permafr...Alpine Tundra
Alternative Hy...Altitude
Altocumulus Cl...
Altostratus Cl...Amensalism
Amino Acid
Ammonia
Ammonium
Amphibian
Amphibole
Anaerobic
Andesite
Andisols
Anemometer
Aneroid Barome...
Angiosperms
Angle of Incid...Angle of Repose
Animal
Animalia
Anion
Annual Plant
Antarctic Circ...Antarctic High
Anticline
Anticyclone
Aphelion
Applied Physic...Aquatic
Aquiclude
Aquifer
Aquifer Rechar...Archaea
Archaebacteria
Archean
Archipelago

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