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William H. Calvin is a renowned neuroscientist and cognitive scientist, born on April 30, 1939. He served as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he conducted research on how the brain processes information and how these processes affect our cognition and behavior.

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“Since Serengeti-scale savanna scenes are only one or two million years old, our earliest after-the-apes ancestors didn't move into this scene so much as they evolved with it, as the slower climate changes and uplift produced more grass and less forest.”

Years Two Moving Millions Evolution Scene Climate Climate Change Scales Forests Uplifting Grass Ancestor Apes Savanna

Book:A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change

Source: A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Climate Change

“Climate change has a very high procrastination penalty that just grows with each passing year of inaction - rather like what happens if you don't pay off your credit card. But for climate, there is no such thing as a fresh start from bankruptcy.”

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“If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.”

Ifs Thinking May Problem Bigs Earth Opportunity Missing Climate Climate Change Trash Think Big Runaway Co2

Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technology.”

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“Even if we stop the growth, we'd still be adding a constant amount of fossil carbon to the atmosphere each year.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“It's going to be like herding stray cats, and the political leaders who can do it will be remembered as the same kind of geniuses who pulled off the American Revolution.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“Our CO2 mixes with everyone else's within a year, then hangs around for centuries like a shroud.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

“Unless we redesign our civilization in numerous ways, all of the science in the world won't save us.”

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Book:Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

Source: Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change

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Born: April 30, 1939
Known for: Professor
Quotes: 16

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