Bio-capacity
Bio-capacity (biological capacity) is a term used to describe the total usable biological production capacity in a given year of a biologically productive area, such as within a country.
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Bioproductivity
Bio-productivity (biological productivity)is a term used to describe the measurement of the biologic production per hectare per annum.
Climate model
The Climate model is a numerical representation of the climate system carried out on supercomputers, usually including a range of complex climate variables.
Closed-loop system
Closed-loop system
Daisyworld
Daisyworld is the name of a mathematically based software program developed by James Lovelock to mimic an important element of the Earth-Sun system model when he was working on the Gaia hypothesis.
Earth system science
Earth system science (Gaia Theory) is a term used to describe science that studies the whole Earth as a system of many interacting parts and focuses on the changes within and between these. Read more..
Gaia hypothesis
In the beginning of 1960’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) asked the scientist James Lovelock to participate in a scientific research project aimed at trying to find evidence of life on Mars. While working with the project setting up design instruments capable of detecting the presence of life that could be sent on a spacecraft to Mars.. read more..
Hydrosphere
The hydrosphere is a term that includes the total of Earth’s water resources such as lakes, oceans, streams, underground, surface water and finally snow and ice. The perennially frozen parts of the hydrosphere are collectively referred to as the cryosphere. Read more..
