StringJunky

Absolutely, 'correlation is not causation' has to be kept in mind.

In the predator-prey dynamic, the weak can act as a buffer and keep the predator fed, but those with the environmentally superior genetics can be left to survive a bit longer to reproduce. This benefits the predator as well by ensuring continuity of food supply.

The weak may carry genes that could could help us survive through some future catastrophe. Sickle anaemia confers some some protection from malaria, for example. A weakness is only one when that condition doesn't help an organism prevail under a particular environmental condition; which can change. SCA confers a benefit in a malaria-prevalent environment, but is a handicap in a malaria-free one.

There are macro events that the biosphere can't change, vulcanism being one, and will inevitably have to adapt to it. It's not all one or the other i.e. dichotomy.

There maybe vested interests but they are competing vested interests. They are decentralized. Trump would neuter them to centralize the power around himself. Competition is good, monopoly not so much.

Harris has support of enough Democratic delegates to become party’s presidential nominee: AP survey Looks like the nomination part is probably going to be straightforward.

Lovelock is a chemist. Margulis is an evolutionary biologist.

Would the pressure at 5km deep make a difference to the rate of reaction? 1649atm.

Yes, the dinosaurs will stay as they are: dinosaurs.

It makes sense, she already has the exposure and is pretty solid. If she wins, it would be historic as well, and I think that's probably a plus. We said that earlier, didn't we?

Just read the BBC site. Holy smoking mackeral! I could hug him, even If I didn't agree with all his agenda. He can now leave with his legacy intact. What happens henceforth won't be down to him.

Humour comes out in stressful scenarios. I suppose it's a way of stepping back a bit. Last thing one needs to feel is concern turning into fear. It looks like we are now leaving peace and heading for a global conflict on many levels and not just militarily.

If Trump has his way, it'll be akin to the Third Reich. He is an absolute autocrat. Do you want one of those running America?

Daisy world describes albedo, which should be pretty straightforward. It's a model. That first video was from NASA. To my knowledge it has not been falsified. Bear in mind I'm just someone on the internet.

The lunatics are on the grass. If I didn't know some Americans on here, my view of them would be very dim indeed now. It's sad to say, but that kind of lunacy is affecting politicians here now, echoing the same kind of Jingoistic MAGABLX. I'm grateful the UK and our neighbour France have resisted it in the elections this time around.

Right. Same there then? Given his age, masking in his presence indoors is probably wise.

I have a theatre nurse neighbour, and I asked her the other day if covid protocols were still being followed in our city hospital, she said 'no'. I think the approach is just to mostly let it take its course in the population.

All bets, are off, aren't they, when a catastrophic event occurs? Instead of progressive interlinked order, you'll end up with a stochastic situation for some, probably, geological length of time. Back to square one, but the outcome of much will change. The Daisy World concept should still hold. Albedo still matters.

What do you mean?

Daisy World is a model and it works. NASA wouldn't be using it if it didn't. Whether StudioT disagrees with it besides the point, it's being used. Working models are descriptions that fit the prevailing data. GT has limitations, it's supporters or Lovelock don't say otherwise. Newton's gravity still works and will get you to the Moon, but GR explains more. Even that has limits that requires a new theory, and so it goes on.

Here's an overview from Harvard: https://courses.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/Courses/EPS281r/Sources/Gaia/Gaia-hypothesis-wikipedia.pdf

Yep, my friend, an avid football fan, said striker Harry Kane was 'garbage' in the Euros. The thing is, national teams aren't playing together week in week out, so don't really gel most times.

Just search for Daisy World. I'm sure you'll find more mathematical treatments. It's used by NASA to determine the potential of life on planets and requirements for colonization. It's not pseudo-garbage. The range of its influence in natural processes is still unclear though. Lovelock will be 102 in a few days, I read. Geological sulphur chemistry, such as at hydrothermal vents interacting with bacterial species is an example of where life interfaces with the inorganic, geological processes. Marine organisms, like phytoplankton, producing dimethyl sulphide (DMS) that is an initial step to the formation of rain clouds. Sulphur cycle. Lovelock's books are worth reading. He was the first to use microwave radiation from a continuous wave magnetron to cook a potato in 1954. Smart chap. His anthropomorphization of living systems interacting with natural processes has annoyed some scientists over years, but the guts of what he says has stood the test of time, I think. NASA uses uses it as a model, so, there's that.

Think of the the profit if they actually won.

Have you guys heard of 'Daisy World'? This is the model used to explain GH in its most basic terms. Here's a NASA vid on the subject of albedo and negative feedback loops.