Each nation must find the best use of its resources to sustain civilisation for as long as they can, argues James Lovelock. Published in The Independent, 16 January 2006. Imagine a young policewoman delighted in the fulfilment of her vocation; then imagine her having to tell a family whose child had strayed that he had been found …
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By James E. Lovelock. Published in the Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society Vol. 67, No. 4, April 1986, and in Geophysiology in Amazonia: Vegetation and Climate Interactions (Robert Dickinson, Ed.), the proceedings of a United Nations University international published by J. Wiley and Sons. 1. Planetary medicine Few of us have avoided the experience of imagining that we …
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By Robert J. Charlson[1], James E. Lovelock[2], Meinrat O. Andreae[3] & Stephen G. Warren[1]. Published in Nature Vol. 326 No. 6114. pp. 655-661, 16 April 1987. [1] Department of Atmospheric Sciences AK-40, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. [2] Coombe Mill Experimental Station. Launceston. Cornwall PL15 9RY, UK. [3] Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida …
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James Ephraim Lovelock was born on 26 July 1919 in Letchworth Garden City in the United Kingdom. He graduated as a chemist from Manchester University in 1941 and in 1948 received a Ph.D. degree in medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1959 he received the D.Sc. degree in biophysics from …
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Medical Research In 1952 I developed a quantitative theory of the damage suffered by living cells when they were frozen and thawed at slow or moderate rates. My experiments had shown that damage was due to the concentration of salt and other solutes when ice separated as a pure substance. Previously it was thought that …
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Transfer of respiratory infection This was my first work for the MRC starting when I was 21. It continued until 1951. The significant papers of this period are marked “†” and include the development of a series of effective aerial bactericides from a theory of their action. Bourdillon, R.B., Lidwell, O.M. and Lovelock, J.E. 1942. …
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Welcome to the personal website of James Lovelock, originator of Gaia theory, inventor of the electron capture detector (which made possible the detection of CFCs and other atmospheric nano-pollutants) and of the microwave oven. We have begun to add a new series of scientific papers by Prof Lovelock / co-authors onto the website. We aim …
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By J. E. Lovelock, FRS, Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG1 2AL. Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 189, 167-181 (1975). Abstract: The presence of a mature biosphere is likely to change surface and atmospheric composition and the energy balance of a planet away from that of the abiotic state. …
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By Andrew J. Watson, Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, England and James E. Lovelock, Coombe Mill, St. Giles on the Heath, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 9RY, England. Published in Tellus (1983). 35B, 284-289 284. Manuscript received 20 October 1982; in final form 14 February 1983. Abstract: The biota have effected profound changes on the …
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Ocean pipes could help the Earth to cure itself Letter to Nature from James Lovelock and Chris Rapley, 26 September 2007. ‘‘We propose a way to stimulate the Earth’s capacity to cure itself, as an emergency treatment for the pathology of global warming … The oceans, which cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, …
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