NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station. James Lovelock backbigcheap Change image and share on social
Nowadays if you're dependent on a grant - and 99% of them are - you can't make mistakes as you won't get another one if you do. James Lovelock dependentgrantmake Change image and share on social
Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes. James Lovelock adaptearthlife Change image and share on social
There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. James Lovelock evidencehistoryimprove Change image and share on social
Civilization in its present form hasn't got long. James Lovelock civilizationformlong Change image and share on social
I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if you don't believe me go out and do the measurements yourself. James Lovelock askbelievedatum share on social
A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time. James Lovelock billionearthlive Change image and share on social
All the modelling we do shows that the climate is poised on the jump up to a new hot state. It is accelerating so fast that you could say that we are already in it. James Lovelock accelerateclimatefast Change image and share on social
Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia. James Lovelock coupledanceemerge Change image and share on social
Gas is almost a give-away in the U.S. at the moment. They've gone for fracking in a big way. This is what makes me very cross with the greens for trying to knock it... Let's be pragmatic and sensible and get Britain to switch everything to methane. We should be going mad on it. James Lovelock bigbritaincross share on social