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“The climate is doing its usual tricks. There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now.”

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James Lovelock is a renowned British earth scientist, best known for his Gaia hypothesis. Born on July 26, 1919, he is a versatile scientist who has worked in fields such as meteorology, oceanography, and chemistry. more

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