Tyler Volk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at New York University. Volk is an active proponent of the Gaia hypothesis. A 1989 study, co-authored by Volk, published in the journal Nature[1] asserts that without the cooling effects of living things, Earth would be 80 degrees Fahrenheit warmer[2].
Tyler Volk has authored four books: Gaia Toma Cuerpo (Geografia); Gaia's Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth; What is Death?: A Scientist Looks at the Cycle of Life and Metapatterns.
  | ''How The Earth Maintains Life.'' - How The Earth Maintains Life - TIME |
| | ''Biotic enhancement of weathering and the habitability of Earth.'' - Biotic enhancement of weathering and the habitability of Earth |
| | Review of ''CO2 Rising: The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge'' - Fossil carbon's fate : article : Nature Reports Climate Change |
| | Video (and audio) interview/conversation with Tyler Volk - Bloggingheads.tv - Science Saturday: The Carbon Cycle and the Biosphere |
| | ''A Conversation: With Tyler Volk; Using Flows and Fluxes to Demythologize the Unity of Life''. - A Conversation: With Tyler Volk; Using Flows and Fluxes to Demythologize the Unity of Life - The New York Times |
| | NYU faculty page - NYU > Biology > Faculty > Tyler Volk |
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