The Revenge of Gaia
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The Revenge of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that warns about severe environmental crises and argues that Earth’s self-regulating systems are being dangerously disrupted by human activity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Revenge of Gaia canonical | 5 |
| Eaarth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T750343 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Revenge of Gaia Context triple: [James Lovelock, notableWork, The Revenge of Gaia]
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A.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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B.
Earthshock
Earthshock is a classic 1982 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fifth Doctor, notable for the dramatic return of the Cybermen and the shocking death of companion Adric.
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C.
A World Destroyed
A World Destroyed is a historical study by Martin J. Sherwin examining the development and use of the atomic bomb and its profound political and moral consequences.
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D.
The Ages of Gaia
The Ages of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that elaborates and popularizes his Gaia hypothesis, presenting Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
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E.
A Message From Earth
A Message From Earth is a digital time capsule containing messages and images from people around the world that was beamed into space toward the exoplanet Gliese 581c in 2008 as a form of interstellar communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Revenge of Gaia Target entity description: The Revenge of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that warns about severe environmental crises and argues that Earth’s self-regulating systems are being dangerously disrupted by human activity.
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A.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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B.
Earthshock
Earthshock is a classic 1982 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fifth Doctor, notable for the dramatic return of the Cybermen and the shocking death of companion Adric.
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C.
A World Destroyed
A World Destroyed is a historical study by Martin J. Sherwin examining the development and use of the atomic bomb and its profound political and moral consequences.
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D.
The Ages of Gaia
The Ages of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that elaborates and popularizes his Gaia hypothesis, presenting Earth as a self-regulating, living system.
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E.
A Message From Earth
A Message From Earth is a digital time capsule containing messages and images from people around the world that was beamed into space toward the exoplanet Gliese 581c in 2008 as a form of interstellar communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| argues |
climate change may be rapid and irreversible
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human activity is dangerously destabilizing the Earth system ⓘ |
| author | James Lovelock ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental literature
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science ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
environmentalist
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scientific ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Gaia hypothesis ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Anthropocene
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Earth system science ⓘ Gaia hypothesis ⓘ climate change ⓘ environmental crisis ⓘ global warming ⓘ human impact on the environment ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing Gaia hypothesis in context of climate crisis
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strong warnings about near-term climate risks ⓘ |
| proposes |
large-scale changes in energy systems
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urgent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Allen Lane
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Basic Books ⓘ |
| subtitle | Earth’s Climate Crisis and the Fate of Humanity ⓘ |
| supportsTheory | Gaia as a self-regulating system ⓘ |
| title | The Revenge of Gaia ⓘ |
| warnsAbout |
disruption of Earth’s self-regulating systems
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severe environmental crises ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Revenge of Gaia Description of subject: The Revenge of Gaia is a book by scientist James Lovelock that warns about severe environmental crises and argues that Earth’s self-regulating systems are being dangerously disrupted by human activity.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Revenge of Gaia