Coevolution of photosynthetic organisms and the environment

摘要

Geobiology has been broadly defined (although not by this journal) as the investigation of the influence of biology on the physical features of the Earth system, including its climatic, atmospheric, oceanic and geospheric components. But this definition is limited, it captures only one half of the story. Changes in the operation of the Earth system also feedback to influence biology, with the capacity to alter the course of its evolutionary trajectories (Beerling, 2007).