The researcher and environmentalist Briton James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia theory, died on Tuesday night (26), aged 103, in Dorset, England .
The information was released by the scientist’s family this Wednesday (27) through social networks.
According to family members, the environmentalist’s health deteriorated after a sharp decline earlier this year.
He passed away at 9:55 pm on Tuesday from complications related to the accident.
“Our beloved James Lovelock died yesterday at his home surrounded by his family on his 103rd birthday.”
“To the world, he was best known as a scientific pioneer, climate prophet, and originator of the Gaia Theory. To us, he was a loving husband and wonderful father, with a sense of boundless curiosity, a mischievous sense of humor and a passion for nature.”
The note adds that the funeral will be private and that there will be a public memorial service in his honor.
The Gaia hypothesis
The Gaia hypothesis, developed by Lovelock in 1979, considers that planet Earth is a living organism.
According to professors at the Federal University of Rio de Janeirothe theory considers that “our planet is capable of obtaining energy for its operation, while it regulates its climate and temperature, eliminates its debris and fights its own diseases, that is, like other living beings, an organism capable of self-regulation ”.
The name Gaia is a reference to a Greek goddess, considered Mother Earth.
Source: CNN Brasil
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