The Butterfly Effect
It's been gaining in popularity in recent times. Climate change has, in effect, been giving credibility to the Butterfly Effect, which posits that a minor change in one part in a system can unleash major changes in another part of the system. This phenomenon is all the more apposite if one adheres to the Gaia hypothesis. This philosophy affirms that the totality of Earth's organisms and their environment act as a "single, self-regulating system". Accordingly, small changes can upset the whole planet.
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