Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science. I'm not religious, but I put it that way because I feel so strongly. It's the one thing you do not ever do. You've got to have standards. James Lovelock datumfeelfudge share on social
Civilization in its present form hasn't got long. James Lovelock civilizationformlong Change image and share on social
Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average. James Lovelock agreeaveragecentury Change image and 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
The climate is doing its usual tricks. There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now. James Lovelock climatefryhalfway Change image and share on social
It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion. I don't think people have noticed that, but it's got all the sort of terms that religions use... The greens use guilt. That just shows how religious greens are. You can't win people round by saying they are guilty for putting (carbon dioxide) in the air. James Lovelock aircarbonchristian share on social
You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job. James Lovelock appalljobnegative Change image and share on social
Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year. James Lovelock changeclimategeological Change image and share on social