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• ...the global surface albedo [surface whiteness] and greenhouse gas changes account for practically the entire global climate change.
• The climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for explosive changes, effects that would…
• The greatest danger hanging over our children and grandchildren is initiation of changes that will be irreversible on any time scale that…
• Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.
• ...99 percent confident that the world really was getting warmer and that there was a high degree of probability that it was…
• The last time the world was three degrees warmer than today-which is what we expect later this century-sea levels were 25m higher.…
• Coral reefs, the rain forest of the ocean, are home for one-third of the species of the sea. Coral reefs are under…
• CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In…
• ...chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to [should] be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature; [Hansen] accusing…
• Politicians think that if matters look difficult, compromise is a good approach. Unfortunately, nature and the laws of physics cannot compromise -…
• Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional…
• We cannot afford to put off change any longer. We have to get on a new path within this new administration. We…

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