All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up to a new hot state. It is accelerating so fast that you could say that we are already in it.

Quote by James Lovelock

Topics: James Lovelock Quotes

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it...

China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it...

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if...

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if...

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or...

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or...

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the...

NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the...

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened...

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened...

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way...

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way...

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own...

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own...

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century...

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century...

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

Let's make hay while it lasts.

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's...

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's...

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

This programme to stop nuclear by 2020 is just crazy. If there were a nuclear...

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that...

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no...

Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no...

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price...

I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price...

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long.

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more...

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more...

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.