by Kenneth Lyngaas
on August 16, 2016
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. The criterion for what can be considered biologically productive is based upon the following. Read more.
by Kenneth Lyngaas
on August 16, 2016
Bio-productivity (biological productivity)is a term used to describe the measurement of the biologic production per hectare per annum. Biologic productivity is typically measured in terms of annual biomass accumulation. Read more..
by Kenneth Lyngaas
on August 20, 2016
Daisyworld is the name of a mathematical based software program developed by James Lovelock to mimic important element of the Earth-Sun system model when he was working on the Gaia hypothesis. Read more..
by Kenneth Lyngaas
on August 9, 2016
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..
by Kenneth Lyngaas
on September 26, 2016
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..
by Kenneth Lyngaas
on August 16, 2016
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..
by Kenneth Lyngaas
on September 1, 2016
The leaves of plants convert carbon dioxide, water, and nutrient chemicals into plant food via a process called photosynthesis. Without this process there would be little or no life on the planet. Most leaves have two parts.. Read more..
by Kenneth Lyngaas
on August 21, 2016
Thermodynamics is a term used to describe the set of natural laws that govern the transfer of energy from one body to another. Thermodynamics (comes from Greek “therme”, heat and dynamics, power) control behaviour of energy as it moves in and out of the Earth system, and among it’s reservoirs. Read more..
by Kenneth Lyngaas
on August 21, 2016
Troposphere is the region of the lower atmosphere up to a height of about 10 km where the temperature falls with height and where convection is the dominant process for transfer of heat in the vertical. Read more..
