All James Hansen Quotes
- Coal is the single greatest threat to civilization and all life on our planet. All
- Goals and caps on carbon emissions are practically worthless, if coal emissions continue, because of the exceedingly long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the air. Air
- How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree...… Carbon
- I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change... no longer than a decade, at the most. Brief
- Only in the last few years did the science crystallize, revealing the urgency - our planet really is in peril. If we do not change… Change
- The danger is that the compromises and special interests inherent in Kyoto-style targets and cap-and-trade will be accepted because of bureaucratic momentum. Accepted
- We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption. Beyond
- We have at most ten years - not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse… Action
- The scientific excitement in comparing theory with data, and developing some understanding of global changes that are occurring, is what makes all the other stuff… All
- The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down… Been
- Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career, Administration
- There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate, but we are wasting precious time, Act
- The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years. Century
- Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions. Coincides
- The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade Been
- The climate dice are now loaded. Some seasons still will be cooler than the long-term average, but the perceptive person should notice that the frequency… Average
- Injection of environmental and political perspectives in midstream of the science discussion cannot help the process of inquiry. I believe that persons with relevant scientific… Analysis
- Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. Big
- Well, you know what happens to crime when the heat goes up. Crime
- Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now [with climate change], yet we… Asteroid