British scientist and inventor James Lovelockpioneer of environmentalismdied on Tuesday – the same day as his 103rd birthday – at his home in Abbotsbury, Dorset (south-west England), according to his family.
The climatologist was especially known for his Gaia theoryformulated in 1969, which states that the Earth acts as a body self-regulated, that humans they harm with your activities. It also helped to raise awareness of the climate risks of fossil fuelsindustrial pollution and noxious gases in the ozone layer.
“To the world he was known as a pioneering scientist, time prophet and creator of the Gaia theory. To us, he was a loving husband and wonderful father with a curiosity limitlessness, a mischievous sense of humor and a passion for nature”, indicates the testimony of the family.
Reference and pioneer
The president of the Association of Environmental Information Journalists (APIA), María García, assured that “for environmental journalists, Lovelock was a Referrer it is a pioneer in the study of ecology. Thanks to his well-known theory, according to García, it was possible “to understand the interrelationship of all ecosystems on Earth, the climate and biosphere as well as all marine, terrestrial and oceanic”. Faced with the current climate emergency, Lovelock “has contributed to the importance of multidisciplinarity and the interdisciplinarity of sciences”.
“Not only the meteorologists have to study the climate, but also the biologistsThe geologistsbecause all sciences related to ecology can contribute to providing solutions to what we are experiencing now”, highlighted García.
By Lovelock it is much better understood “as the life on Earth, why our planet is so special and why we are lucky and lucky to live on it.” Thus, we must thank him for “all his search and studies” and I hope that thanks to science it will be possible to better understand what is being done with the planet and how to prevent it from deteriorating and wasting some natural resources that are a gift”, declared García.
The Earth, a single organism
For his part, the coordinator of the Green Alliance and deputy of United We Can, Juantxo López de Uralde, assured that Lovelock made a fundamental contribution to the society with the Gaia theory, which for the first time “opened Humanity’s eyes to the fact that everything is interrelated and that the Earth functions as a single organism.”
Climate change and other environmental aggressions, such as the destruction of forests, are proving that there is a relationship between what happens on Earth, highlighted López de Uralde.
Gaia theory is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of what the Earth is and the role that all creatures that inhabit it have on it.
“In short, the Gaia theory is a fundamental contribution to the understanding of what Earth is and the role we all play. creatures who inhabit it have it”, continues López de Uralde. In this sense, “Lovelock’s contribution was or has been very relevant”.
Revolution of ecological thinking
“Lovelock revolutionized environmentalist thinking”, also underlined the environmentalist and publicist Andreu Escrivà, who highlights that the British scientist “had a fundamental idea” in understanding the processes “as a whole”.
His great contribution, in Escrivà’s opinion, was “not to compartmentalize nature, and to understand that processes are regulated, that there are feedback loops that influence others” and that, therefore, the management of nature “cannot be done purely from a technical point of view, but through the understanding of how these processes occur”.
“We have to remind you for opening our eyes to this. comprehensive understanding of how the planet works”, concluded Escrivà.