The Gaia hypothesis reimagined by one of its key sceptics.

The notion that the Earth itself is a living system captured the imagination of New Age enthusiasts, who deified Gaia as the Earth Goddess. But it has received rough treatment at the hands of evolutionary biologists like me, and is generally scorned by most scientific Darwinists. (…) I’ve got a confession though: I’ve warmed to Gaia over the years.