https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62322575
"British scientist James Lovelock, who devoted his life to the global green
movement, has died on his 103rd birthday, his family has said.
His 1960s Gaia theory found that Earth, from rocks to air, was one huge
interconnected and self-regulating system.
His work formed the basis of much of climate science.
And he had warned climate change could be a tipping point for the planet.
But his support for nuclear energy and for fracking attracted criticism from
other environmentalists.
Working for Nasa in the 1960s, Lovelock had what he called a Eureka moment when
he realised living things had a profound impact on the environment around them.
This led to the radical idea everything on Earth, from oceans to every living
organism, was a living, connected system.
Some scientists saw the idea as too "new age". But the theory spread and formed
the basis of the growing green movement.
Lovelock, who lived in Dorset, also revealed chemicals were destroying the
ozone layer.
He later became an independent scientist and was driven to reveal the huge
threat posed to life by a warming world."
Via Garry Knight.
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