Tyler Volk

Tyler Volk

Tyler Volk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at New York University. Volk is an active proponent of the Gaia hypothesis. A 1989 study, co-authored by Volk, published in the journal Nature [David W. Schwartzman and Tyler Volk. [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v340/n6233/abs/340457a0.html "Biotic enhancement of weathering and the habitability of Earth."] Nature, vol 340 (1989), pp. 457–460] asserts that without the cooling effects of living things, Earth would be 80 degrees Farenheit warmer [ Eugene Linden. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,959011,00.html "How The Earth Maintains Life."] Time Magazine, November 13, 1989. Accessed October 8, 2008.] .

Tyler Volk has authored four books: "Gaia Toma Cuerpo (Geografia)"; "Gaia's Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth"; "What is Death?: A Scientist Looks at the Cycle of Life" and "Metapatterns".

References

*Jill Neimark. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E1DB163AF932A2575BC0A96E958260 "A Conversation: With Tyler Volk; Using Flows and Fluxes to Demythologize the Unity of Life".] New York Times, August 11, 1998. Accessed October 8, 2008.
*Fred Pearce. [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15721176.300-review--the-global-symphony.html "Review: The global symphony."] New Scientist, January 17, 1998. Accessed October 8, 2008.

External links

* [http://biology.as.nyu.edu/object/TylerVolk.html NYU faculty page]


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