Abstract
Life on land and in the sea is experiencing climate change at a rate unprecedented since the catastrophic impact of an asteroid 65 million years ago.
The radiations that pour upon the earth cause the biosphere to take on properties unknown to lifeless planetary surfaces, and thus transform the face of the earth. Activated by radiation, the matter of the biosphere collects and redistributes solar energy, and converts it ultimately into free energy capable of doing work on earth.
Vladimir Vernadsky
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Hay, W.W. (2016). The Biological Interactions
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In: Experimenting on a Small Planet. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27404-1_26
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