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> [Once the 'portals of the future close - in Amazonia, Siberia or the Arctic - we will find ourselves powerless to affect the outcome of this dreadful tale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/once-the-portals-of-the-future-close-in-amazonia-siberia-or-the/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

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> [If substantial methyl hydrate melt begins to occur in the Arctic Ocean basin, then the (carbon) accelerator will be jammed, and there will be nothing we can do to cut the speed of climate change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/if-substantial-methyl-hydrate-melt-begins-to-occur-in-the-arctic/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

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## Other authors on Arctic

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-mckibben-17985.jpg) Bill McKibben 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arctic/bill-mckibben/)
- [Tatiana Schlossberg 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arctic/tatiana-schlossberg/)

## More by Mark Lynas

> [You'd be forgiven for thinking that climate change means we'll have to sacrifice our creature comforts. But it doesn't have to be that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/you-d-be-forgiven-for-thinking-that-climate-change-means-we-ll-have/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [At 1.24 am on 26 April 1986 Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor exploded after staff disabled safety systems and performed an ill-advised experiment to check…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/at-1-24-am-on-26-april-1986-chernobyl-s-unit-4-reactor-exploded-after/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [This is like playing Russian roulette with a Luger rather than a revolver. One bullet, one chamber - and we're pulling the trigger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/this-is-like-playing-russian-roulette-with-a-luger-rather-than-a/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [If we are to save humanity and the planet from the worst mass extinction of all time, worse even than that at the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/if-we-are-to-save-humanity-and-the-planet-from-the-worst-mass/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [Only by advocating 'politically unrealistic' CO2 concentrations can runaway global warming be avoided. But what is politically realistic for humans is whollymunrelated to what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/only-by-advocating-politically-unrealistic-co2-concentrations-can/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [Silent Summer - a never-ending heat wave, devoid of birdsong, insect hum, and all the weird and wonderful living noises that subconsciously keep us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/silent-summer-a-never-ending-heat-wave-devoid-of-birdsong-insect-hum/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [Conventional economic theory... counts the depletion of resources as the accumulation of wealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/conventional-economic-theory-counts-the-depletion-of-resources-as-the/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [“It would be easy to laugh this off were it not so obviously counterproductive. The idea that tackling climate change means accepting profound levels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/it-would-be-easy-to-laugh-this-off-were-it-not-so-obviously/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [“First, guilt-tripping doesn’t work as a campaigning strategy. If you make people feel bad about what they do, you must give them a realistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/first-guilt-tripping-doesn-t-work-as-a-campaigning-strategy-if-you/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [I am also sorry that I helped to start the anti-GM movement back in the mid 1990s, and that I thereby assisted in demonizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/i-am-also-sorry-that-i-helped-to-start-the-anti-gm-movement-back-in/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [We humans, one species of animal amongst millions, have now become the de facto guardians of the planet's climate stability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/we-humans-one-species-of-animal-amongst-millions-have-now-become-the/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [Our evolutionary psychology preconditions us not to respond to threats which can be postponed until later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/our-evolutionary-psychology-preconditions-us-not-to-respond-to/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [The worst case scenario sees the Amazon rainforest burning, huge amounts of methane being released by Siberian peat bogs and so on - by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/the-worst-case-scenario-sees-the-amazon-rainforest-burning-huge/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [Unless we decide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within just a few years from now, our destinies will already be chosen and our path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/unless-we-decide-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions-within-just-a-few/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

> [I discovered science, and in the process I hope I became a better environmentalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lynas/i-discovered-science-and-in-the-process-i-hope-i-became-a-better/)

[Mark Lynas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lynas/)

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