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    James Lovelock is an independent scientist, he works in a lab that used to be a barn in Cornwall, England.
    For years now, he's been sounding the alarm on climate change.
    He says we can't undo the damage we've done and that by the end of this century many places on earth will be unliveable.
    If that weren't bad enough, most of the human race will be wiped out.
    So, we shouldn't waste our time trying to reverse climate change.
    Instead, he says we should focus on finding ways to survive the inevitable ahead.
    He lays it all out in his new book 'The Vanishing Face of Gaia.'



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  • MrDanbloom

    James Lovelock (born 26 July 1919 - died 13 March 2015) was an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist from England. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling the chemical and physical environment. May his spirit rest in peace forever.
    Thursday 26 January 2012 00:45:23
  • TheADrago

    @TheOliver68 I agree with this comment very much, and i would also like to add is that 95% of the people around today simply werent around back in 1910 to remember. What we never witnessed is what we will always brush aside until the day comes where we are confronted with that exact issue.
    Monday 16 January 2012 01:29:55
  • ledzeppie

    When Lovelock says that it's completely irreversible, I don't know if I'd say that that is completely true. I'm a geography student and one of my Profs is working on pumping liquified CO2 deep down into ocean basins. He estimates that the CO2 will stay down there for 25,000 years. Of course this won't completely stop it, but carbon scrubbing can actually contribute a pretty good chunk to reducing overall CO2 levels.
    Sunday 11 December 2011 02:54:06
  • MrNewkingjames

    Giants were the offspring of Gia daugters of men and URANUS (sons of heaven) This fact is described in Gen.6 of the bible Bnoth adumah(daughters of men) and the Gborrim (mighty ones) who were also angels who were imprisoned for corrupting the earth and causing the flood of NOAH.
    Sunday 27 November 2011 00:19:49
  • siddharthjoshi91

    James Lovelock is just like Harold Camping, an idiot who peddles his doomsday predictions so that millions of people around the world can't get a good night's sleep. Schadenfreude is what psychologists call it- " Joy in other people's grief".
    Saturday 12 November 2011 14:00:22
  • PostHypnoticPress

    James Lovelock's "Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning" is now available as an audiobook, read by the talented Simon Vance. Check it out at Post Hypnotic Press.
    Saturday 24 September 2011 02:25:45
  • bigman25plus25

    @smurfieboo Because life causes the flux. He provided evidence that life, from giant trees down to even the smallest microbes, produce products that are either toxic or beneficial to the environment (not the planet, its environment). This is unstable (over the very long term) and creates a fluxuating system. As for gravity, type in Einstein's 'relativity of time'.
    Sunday 24 July 2011 14:59:08
  • fl260

    JAMES LOVELOCK ON THE HOUR? ...WOW
    Tuesday 19 July 2011 17:56:51
  • smurfieboo

    This guy contradicts himself: If the Earth is control of its own regulation then how does one explain the constant flux. What he should argue is that the Earth has certain traits which helps it to adjust to its own change (like the human body). After all, it's not removed from the universe as we are not removed from nature. Take gravity, it's reliant on planets millions of lightyears away from us as must as the moon. This guy wants to pick and choose what makes the Earth work.
    Sunday 12 June 2011 21:26:12
  • carioca56

    Thank the heavens for people such as this. Clear thinking, charming, personable, and informed.
    Saturday 11 June 2011 02:32:29
  • OneBigRetard

    Watch Adam Curtis' latest doc to see why this guy full of it. Nice guy, but 'self-regulating' is bullshit.
    Friday 03 June 2011 10:32:55
  • MokomaSusi

    @HullSerb So you are saying that "peak oil" will never happen? lol
    Wednesday 06 April 2011 11:18:48
  • RagingCaveman

    Ok previously I said the host was a dipshit for something he said, but the more I watch he's actually a pretty darn cool guy and has some really interesting guests. My bad, apologies.
    Friday 01 April 2011 22:31:32
  • dltanner99

    See novel about Gaia hypothesis see video book trailer
    Thursday 03 February 2011 20:06:56
  • lotrfreak2010

    @HullSerb Please provide evidence for your claims in the form of accurate, acceptable sources. ie, Citation needed.
    Wednesday 02 February 2011 00:15:09
  • lotrfreak2010

    @eggbaax You mean, George? :)
    Wednesday 02 February 2011 00:12:53
  • eggbaax

    Tom's open mindedness throughout the entire interview is wonderful. Everytime Lovelocke get's interviewed, the host turns out to be a close-minded douchebag...
    Saturday 08 January 2011 23:21:31
  • excruciator000

    He makes a lot of sense for a 89 year old.
    Monday 08 November 2010 16:12:13
  • HullSerb

    "what things have you invented?" Hmm where to start... how about overpopulation, global warming, lack of resources, doomsday scenarios to scare everyone... (of course he didn't personally invent them, but his superiors)
    Saturday 06 November 2010 14:19:19
  • HullSerb

    @MikeHuntagape the guy is a satanist, an he and his superiors are confusing many ppl with their pseudo-scientific propaganda like global warming etc..
    Saturday 06 November 2010 14:09:16
  • yfs88

    alright kids u heard the man...its time to break out the bong smoke some weed and watch the world implode
    Tuesday 19 October 2010 02:41:35
  • captainpiepants

    @vinnypop Hahaha very amusing.
    Wednesday 22 September 2010 05:29:23
  • vertualsurfing

    when there are 9 million mouths to feed...things will be in chaos because it'll come in concert with worldwide food shortages, again because the greedy have ruined the earth,air, water & TOP SOIL with petroleum products...Anyway you cut it, the rich-greedy bastards leading the stupid-follower sheep among us have ruined it for anyone else not in those categories...the Earth will continue on, but humans' days are numbered...no longer avoidable - it's inevitable...
    Sunday 19 September 2010 00:08:35
  • vinnypop

    In the eyes of the rich we are only cockroaches and for them to have power we must be made low and live in poverty, slavery never ended its just commenced in all western societies open your eyes and wake up, even the book of Revelations writes that the sun will get hotter. This ets scheme is a plot to break us by poverty and then when we work for nothing you will remember my words
    Thursday 09 September 2010 07:37:33
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