Peter Ward on Earth's appetite for destruction

Peter Ward discussed his views, on the extinction of the dinosaurs, who the real culprit may be, and his own "Medea Hypothesis", that may be in direct conflict with how other scientists view our planet's history & future. http://blog.ted.com/2009/01/peter_ward_on_e.php

DARK GREEN: A scientist argues that the natural world isn't benevolent and sustaining: it's bent on self destruction. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/01/11/dark_green/.

The first link is from the TED blog site, describing in short, the theory that one scientist, Peter Ward, has about the way in which the earth seems to be able to poison itself, without our help, and that it's only real survival depends on our ability to heal it.

The second link is from the Boston Globe, in which he discusses his theory of Medea Hypothesis, named after the mythological Greek sorceress who killed her own children. Although his proposed theory isn't proven, and may never be, he certainly poses some interesting facts about our earth's history of destruction, and leaves one to wonder what could happen if we actually were able to take ourselves out of the equation, and leave the earth to clean up after itself. This is a lengthy article, but I urge you to read it, and challenge your own ideas on how we as a human race should conserve & preserve.

Sorry, I was unable to find a presentation on this talk, as it is a relatively new idea brought forth, and hasn't really even been presented to the rest of the scientific community yet, but keep a close eye on this subject on Ted Talk, because they promise there will be more towards the end of this month, when Peter Ward presents his theory to the rest of the world.

Silly Blog

Well, this is my first blog ever. Still not sure what a blog is... well I know what it is obviously because I'm posting one, but I fail to see how posting a comment online received such a silly label as a "blog". What does blog mean, and who on earth came up with the term. If anybody has any insight into the history of the blog, I would certainly love to hear it. Bye for now. Regards, Phil.