NATURE

“ Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience. ” Leonardo da Vinci.

 The island ecosphere had its unusual properties.

The interaction between living organisms and nonliving properties was at times acute.

The island had tropical flora but temperate fauna.

The island had a rush, rainforest environment but few, if any insects or reptiles.

The island had intense but short rain storms. 

The sunlight was different on the island.

The waters off shore were circular in current, so as to be describe the island as being in a snow globe.

The island was a unique environment. Most of the characters adapted to the natural elements of the island. They found food and fresh water. But there was the sinister rumor that there was some "illness" or "infection" on the island that threatened especially women. 

The only top predator on the island was man. The polar bears that got loose in the wild were brought to the island for experiments. The only other thing that could do damage to man, woman or child was the smoke monster, who may or may not have been a natural thing. More likely, it was the supernatural formation of elements from a different dimension of space and time.

The energy source on the island was also not natural, but unique. Scientists described the island's electromagnetic properties as "unique" to dangerous. The light source was described as "life, death and rebirth," going beyond a mere natural energy source to a Divine supernatural force.

Perhaps if the biosphere of the island was explained more fully by the writers, we could have a better appreciation of the island and the context of how the characters were interacting with its natural and supernatural forces.