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How Life Increases Biodiversity: An Autocatalytic Hypothesis
Hardcover
Environmental StudiesEvolutionGeneral Animals
ISBN13: 9781138341401
Publisher: Crc Pr Inc
Published: Sep 10 2021
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Life maximizes biodiversity; this is the hypothesis of this book. An atmosphere favorable for life, including high oxygen and the ozone layer, and favorable nitrogen and carbon dioxide levels stimulated increases in biodiversity. This observations and others suggest that life has created a positive feedback loop stimulating biodiversity.
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