Tipping point Quote by James Hansen

“Climate crisis presents nearly unfathomable urgency because of what scientists call “tipping points” – climate tripwires, so to speak. These thresholds, caused by human…

— Mary Christina Wood

The urgency derives from the nearness of climate tipping points.

— James Hansen

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

— James Hansen

The more the climate is forced to change, the more likely it is to hit some unforeseen threshold that can trigger quite fast, surprising…

— Richard Alley

The climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for explosive changes, effects that would be irreversible,…

— James Hansen

The paleoclimate record shouts to us that, far from being self-stabilizing, the Earth's climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts even to small…

— Anonymous

While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent of suppressed panic…

— Gwynne Dyer

The climate is changing, and human activity contributes to that in some manner.

— Scott Pruitt

Climate change is the 800-pound gorilla in the living room that the media dances around. But in the scientific community, it's a settled question:…

— Michio Kaku

“When you talk with people, one of the arguments they'll throw back at you is that the climate has always changed, and that is…

— Michael Crimmins

The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books…

— James Lovelock

“Scientists warn that only a narrow window of opportunity remains in which to address climate emergency and other environmental calamities before irrevocable tipping points…

— Mary Christina Wood