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Category Archives: Experts
Michael J. Benton, paleontologist: Runaway Greenhouse
Benton, M.J. Presidential Address 2007: The end-Permian mass extinction events on land in Russia. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association Volume 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-136 Conclusion: If the runaway greenhouse model is correct and explains perhaps the biggest crisis … Continue reading
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James Lovelock: We Can’t Save the Planet, it’s Too Late
30 Mar 2010. Lovelock: ‘We can’t save the planet’. Professor James Lovelock, the scientist who developed Gaia theory, has said it is too late to try and save the planet. BBC Radio. Below is a summary, the full audio interview … Continue reading
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Greg Craven: What’s the Worst that Could Happen?
Greg Craven. 15 Dec 2010. What’s the Worst That Could Happen? A Veteran of the Climate Change Culture Wars Explains Why America Isn’t Listening and What To Do About It. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Nothing we’ve done has worked. … Continue reading
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Martin Rees, cosmologist: Will the Human Race Survive the 21st Century?
In his book “Our final century: Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-first Century?: Martin Rees gives us at 50/50 chance of making it to 2100. He thinks we’ve been lucky to survive even the past 50 years. Some of … Continue reading
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Prince Charles warns of ‘sixth extinction event’
Louise Gray. 8 Sep 2011. Prince Charles warns of ‘sixth extinction event’. Mankind faces extinction, the Prince of Wales has warned, unless humans transform our lifestyles to stop mass consumption, run away climate change and destruction of wildlife. The Telegraph. … Continue reading
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