James #Lovelock, creator of the #Gaia hypothesis and a great thinker, died yesterday, on his 103rd birthday. He was my PhD supervisor's PhD supervisor, and his work has had a lot of influence on me.
Earth system science, the 'respectable' name for Gaia theory, offers great insight into our interlinked environmental and human systems. It makes it very clear why treating climate change in isolation from other global problems is a folly.
