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In 1972, Lovelock coined the use of the Greek work Gaia to denote the globe encompassing the biosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere as an entity which has developed a powerful homeostatic system to control the global environment. This is a very important concept and a necessary one if we wish to describe, quantify and understand the global biogeochemical cycles. In order to elucidate this self-regulating system with regard to the atmospheric composition of non-noble gases, it is necessary to develop an integration between the atmospheric sciences and biology, especially microbiology (Margulis and Lovelock, 1978).
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Rosswall, T. (1980). Microbiological Nitrous-Oxide Production: Implications for the Global Nitrogen Cycle. In: Biogeochemistry of Ancient and Modern Environments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-26582-6_28
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