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Nature 458, 970-971 (23 April 2009) | doi:10.1038/458970a; Published online 22 April 2009
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Final warning from a sceptical prophet
Andrew Watson1
Abstract
In his new book, James Lovelock fears that humanity faces widespread death and mass migration as Earth's systems become further unbalanced by climate change, explains Andrew Watson.
BOOK REVIEWED-The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
by James Lovelock
Allen Lane/Basic Books: 2009. 192 pp./ 288 pp. £20/$25
BOOK REVIEWED-He Knew He Was Right: The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock and Gaia
by John Gribbin & Mary Gribbin
Allen Lane/Princeton University Press: 2009. 256 pp/272 pp. £20/$24.95
In James Lovelock's early books, the face of Gaia is one of beauty. Whether or not he meant it that way, many readers saw Gaia not just as a metaphor for the self-regulating Earth system of Lovelock's theory, but as a wise and bountiful goddess guiding Earth to keep conditions comfortable for life.
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