“They have poisoned the Thames and killed the fish in the river. A little further development of the same wisdom and science will complete the poisoning of the air, and kill the dwellers on the banks. I almost think it is the destiny of science to exterminate the human race.” ThinkingHumansLittlesScienceRaceDestinyAirDevelopmentRiversScientistEnvironmentalFishesHuman RacePollutionPoisoningDwellersThames Author:Thomas Love Peacock
“Scientists have been saying, for an awfully long time, that we're all interconnected. Scientists would use the word 'ecosystem' to express that idea. Obviously, people can't survive without air and water, and we rely on plants and animals for food, and plants and animals rely on us to preserve their habitats.” PeopleLongHas BeensIdeasUseWaterAnimalAirLong TimeScientistPlantPreservesRelyEcosystemsInterconnectedHabitatPlants And AnimalsAir And Water Author:Naomi Oreskes
“Here's the problem - carbon dioxide doesn't contribute to smog and isn't a health threat. All of this is being done because some people believe carbon dioxide is causing global warming, and that preventing carbon dioxide from entering the air is the only answer. Never mind that there is still an ongoing scientific debate about global warming itself, and that some respected climate scientists believe that methane is a better target, California legislators have locked their sites on carbon dioxide.” PeopleMindBelieveStillsDoneProblemAnswersAirScientistThreatClimateDebateCaliforniaGlobal WarmingTargetLockedSiteCarbonEnteringOngoingPreventingLegislatorsBeing DoneCarbon DioxideSmogMethane Author:Kenneth P. Green
“I think 99% of climate scientists would agree that we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and then begin removing greenhouse gasses and carbon from the air. And if we don't do that we are looking at some range of catastrophe.” IfsThinkingNeedsAirScientistAgreeClimateRangeCarbonCatastropheEmissionsGreenhouses Author:Margaret D. Klein
“Historically, very few discoveries were made out of thin air. Most of the greatest insights depended upon the intellectual ecology in which the scientists lived. A certain critical mass of "new findings" occurred, and bright people all over the world found out about it, and several read the tea leaves the same way.” PeopleWorldWayMadeCertainFoundAirFindingsMassIntellectualDiscoveryScientistInsightCriticalTeaEcologyThin AirCritical MassTea Leaves Author:John Medina