In the 1970s he and microbiologist Lynn Margulis presented the Gaia theory or hypothesis , that states that all organisms and their inorganic surroundings on Earth are integrated into a single self - regulating system .
Of a different kind is the approach made by James Lovelock .
In the 1970s James Lovelock and microbiologist Lynn Margulis presented the Gaia theory or hypothesis , that states that all organisms and their inorganic surroundings on Earth are integrated into a single self - regulating system .
Of a different kind is the approach made by James Lovelock .