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1971
Biogenic gases transfer elements from ocean to land -
1973
Search for oceanic sources of dimethylsulphide and methyl iodide fue Found.
Climate regulation through biologically enhanced rock weathering. -
1974
Oxygen has not varied by more than 5 percent from 21 percent forthe past 200 million years.
Confirmed for up to 1 millionyears ago -
1975
Atmospheric compositional evidence showslack of disequilibrium
Strong confirmation, Vikingmission -
1982
Gaia is aged and is not far from the end of its development.
Calculation based on generally accepted solarevolution
Generally accepted -
1987
Climate regulation through cloud albedo control linked to algalgas emissions -
1988
Mars is lifeless -
1994
The current interglacial is an example of systems failure in aphysiological sense -
2000
The biological transfer of selenium from the ocean to the land asdimethyl selenide
Direct measurements
Confirmed -
2001
a thousand scientists at the European Geophysical Union meeting signed the Declaration of Amsterdam,starting with the statement "The Earth System behaves as a single, self-regulating system with physical, chemical,biological, and human components." -
2005
the Ecological Society of America invited Lovelock to join theirFellowship -
2006
the Geological Society of London awarded Lovelock with the Wollaston Medal for his workon the Gaia theory.