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Gaia Hypothesis
Gaia hypothesis The Gaia (pronounced GAY-ah) hypothesis is the idea that Earth is a living organism and can regulate its own environment. This idea argues that Earth is able to maintain conditions that are favorable for life to survive on it, and that it is the living things on Earth that give the... Read more |
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diatomaceous earth
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The Earthly Paradise
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brown earth
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catastrophism
catastrophism , in geology, the doctrine that at intervals in the earth's history all living things have been destroyed by cataclysms (e.g., floods or earthquakes) and replaced by an entirely different population. During these cataclysms the features of the earth's surface, such as mountains and... Read more |
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Inge Lehmann
LEHMANN, INGE(b. Copenhagen, Denmark, 13 May 1888; d. Copenhagen, 21 February 1993),geophysics, seismology.Lehmann is first and foremost known as the discoverer of Earth’s inner core in 1936, but she is also highly regarded for her studies of Earth’s mantle, carried out during many visits to the... Read more |
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Earth First!
Earth First! Earth First! (EF!) is a network of environmental activists, living mostly in the United States, committed to preserving wilderness and biological abundance. It was founded in 1980 by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, and a number of other environmentalists who were disillusioned with... Read more |
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Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton 1642-1727, English mathematician and natural philosopher (physicist), who is considered by many the greatest scientist that ever lived. Early Life and Work Newton studied at Cambridge and was professor there from 1669 to 1701, succeeding his teacher Isaac Barrow as Lucasian... Read more |
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Sheol
Sheol According to Hebrew tradition, Sheol—which means the pit—was a realm beneath the earth where the spirits of the dead resided. It was in many ways the opposite of the world of the living. While light shone on the earth, darkness veiled Sheol. On earth the living... Read more |
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Mulungu
Mulungu The Nyamwezi people of Tanzania in East Africa worship Mulungu as the god who created all things and who watches over the earth. Although he created the world, Mulungu is a very distant god with no personal relationship with living beings. According to legend,... Read more |
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