The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self Destructive?
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In looking at the latest discoveries from the geological record, could it be that Earth is its own worst enemy? This new theory is in stark contrast to James LovelockΓÇÖs Gaia hypothesis-that life sustains habitable conditions on earth. But what if Earth is no ΓÇ£good motherΓÇ¥ but instead more of a Medea: the mythical mother who kills her own children? Could life by its very nature threaten its own existence? In fact, all but one of the mass extinctions that have struck Earth was caused by life itself. Our Earth is witnessing an alarming decline of diversity and biomass-a decline brought on by lifeΓÇÖs own ΓÇ£biocidalΓÇ¥ tendencies. Yet life on earth doesnΓÇÖt have to be lethal; there is a way out but we must find it soon.
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