Are Mountains Living things?
Stina Nordenstam and Vangelis – Voices 05 – Ask The Mountain
You often hear skiers, climbers and mountaineers talk about mountains as living things. So…. Are mountains living things?
Please Discuss below….
Stina Nordenstam and Vangelis – Voices 05 – Ask The Mountain
You often hear skiers, climbers and mountaineers talk about mountains as living things. So…. Are mountains living things?
Please Discuss below….
Nope.
YES. I do believe mountains are living things. There are moment I am sure we have al felt in the mountains where we feel the life.
Life (cf. biota)
is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not,[1][2] either because such functions have ceased (death), or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate.[3][4] Biology is the science concerned with the study of life.
Any contiguous living system is called an organism. These animate entities undergo metabolism, maintain homeostasis, possess a capacity to grow, respond to stimuli, reproduce and, through natural selection, adapt to their environment in successive generations. More complex living organisms can communicate through various means.[1][5] A diverse array of living organisms can be found in the biosphere of Earth, and the properties common to these organisms—plants, animals, fungi, protists, archaea, and bacteria—are a carbon- and water-based cellular form with complex organization and heritable genetic information.
Scientific evidence suggests that life began on Earth some 3.7 billion years ago. The mechanism by which life emerged is still being investigated. Since then, life has evolved into a wide variety of forms, which biologists have classified into a hierarchy of taxa. Life can survive and thrive in a wide range of conditions. The meaning of life—its significance, purpose, and ultimate fate—is a central concept and question in philosophy and religion. Both philosophy and religion have offered interpretations as to how life relates to existence and consciousness, and on related issues such as life stance, purpose, conception of a god or gods, a soul or an afterlife. Different cultures throughout history have had widely varying approaches to these issues.
Though the existence of life is only confirmed on Earth, many scientists believe extraterrestrial life is not only plausible, but probable. Other planets and moons in the Solar System have been examined for evidence of having once supported simple life, and projects such as SETI have attempted to detect transmissions from possible alien civilizations. According to the panspermia hypothesis, life on Earth may have originated from meteorites that spread organic molecules or simple life that first evolved elsewhere.
NO MOUNTAINS ARE NOT ALIVE YOU MORONS!
“Are mountains living things?”…….
…… Are you stupid, or just left handed? No. Mountains are NOT living things. This article went full retard.
you are, how does one say, a douche.
You must be left handed.
you must be a red headed stepchild.
you half er full brotha? haha tropic thunder is the best
I don’t give a shit, need more ski-videos!
The entire planet is one living, breathing organism that we are all part of. Each individual entity has its own part in the greater piece of the puzzle. We are lucky to be able to perceive it, label it, and enjoy it. Praise jah, ski pow, yeyeeee!!
it really is. certain events happen that cause havoc on the things living on it, so it can continue to survive. like when there was a runaway greenhouse effect wayyyy long ago, think dinosaur age, the planet regulated itself by storing the extra carbon dioxide in dead animals/rocks. plus tectonic plate movement keeps the planet alive, without it earth would be like mars. kinda cool!
the earth is most definitely one interconnected system, but it is NOT one living organism. The combination of the biosphere and the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and anthroposphere are what create our unique and dynamic planet. But that doesn’t make it a living thing. Life needs to try as hard as it can to survive, while the un-living earth almost does the exact opposite; it simply exists no matter what. That is the biggest difference between a mountain and a tree, the mountain just is, while the tree has undergone countless minor tweaks through its ancestors purely to survive for a couple hundred years. But yeah, ski deep pow.
mountains speak, wise men listen.
-John Muir
mountains are constantly changing, growing, shrinking, being created and destroyed. Whether you consider something with those characteristics to be living or not is up to you, I suppose.
plate tectonics: read about em. They are probably the best argument for our planet (and thus mountains) being a “living” thing. Still depends on your interpretation of life, and we all know that can have a pretty wide range of definitions (ehem…. Arizonans…)